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DROP


NAME

  DROP DATABASE - remove a database


SYNOPSIS

  DROP DATABASE name

  INPUTS

  name The name of an existing database to remove.

  OUTPUTS

  DROP DATABASE
       This message is returned if the command is successful.

  DROP DATABASE: cannot be executed on the currently open database
       You cannot be connected to the database you are about to remove.
       Instead, connect to template1 or any other database and run this
       command again.

  DROP DATABASE: may not be called in a transaction block
       You must finish the transaction in progress before you can call this
       command.


DESCRIPTION

  DROP DATABASE removes the catalog entries for an existing database and
  deletes the directory containing the data.  It can only be executed by the
  database owner (usually the user that created it).

  DROP DATABASE cannot be undone. Use it with care!

  NOTES

  This command cannot be executed while connected to the target database.
  Thus, it might be more convenient to use the shell script dropdb
  [dropdb(1)], which is a wrapper around this command, instead.

  Refer to CREATE DATABASE [create_database(5)] for information on how to
  create a database.


COMPATIBILITY

  SQL92

  DROP DATABASE statement is a PostgreSQL language extension; there is no
  such command in SQL92.

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