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<refentry id="SQL-DROPDATABASE" xreflabel="drop_database">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPDATABASE-TITLE">
DROP DATABASE
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>
DROP DATABASE
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Destroys an existing database
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
DROP DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-1">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Inputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an existing database to remove.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-2">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Outputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
DROP DATABASE
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This message is returned if the command is successful.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
WARN: destroydb: database "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" does not exist.
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This message occurs if the specified database does not exist.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
ERROR: destroydb cannot be executed on an open database
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This message occurs if the specified database does not exist.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPDATABASE-1">
<refsect1info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>DROP DATABASE</command> removes the catalog entries for an existing
database and deletes the directory containing the data.
It can only be executed by the database administrator
(See the <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> command for details).
</para>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-3">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Notes
</title>
<para>
This query cannot be executed while connected to the target
database. Thus, it might be more convenient to use
<xref linkend="app-dropdb" endterm="app-dropdb-title">
from the shell instead.
</para>
<para>
Refer to
<xref linkend="sql-createdatabase" endterm="sql-createdatabase-title">
for information on how to create a database.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPDATABASE-3">
<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-4">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
SQL92
</title>
<para>
<command>DROP DATABASE</command> statement is a
<productname>Postgres</productname> language extension;
there is no such command in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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