<REFENTRY ID="SQL-DROPDATABASE">
 <REFMETA>
  <REFENTRYTITLE>
   DROP DATABASE
  </REFENTRYTITLE>
  <REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
 </REFMETA>
 <REFNAMEDIV>
  <REFNAME>
   DROP DATABASE
  </REFNAME>
  <REFPURPOSE>
   Destroys an existing database
  </REFPURPOSE>
 <REFSYNOPSISDIV>
  <REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
   <DATE>1998-04-15</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>
   </PARA>
       <VARIABLELIST>
	<VARLISTENTRY>
	 <TERM>
	  <ReturnValue><REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE></ReturnValue>
	 </TERM>
	 <LISTITEM>
	  <PARA>
          The name of an existing database to remove.
	  </PARA>
	 </LISTITEM>
	</VARLISTENTRY>
       </variablelist>
  </REFSECT2>
  
  <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-2">
   <REFSECT2INFO>
    <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
   </REFSECT2INFO>
   <TITLE>
    Outputs
   </TITLE>
   <PARA>
   </PARA>
   <VARIABLELIST>
    <VARLISTENTRY>
     <TERM>
<replaceable>status</replaceable>
     </TERM>
     <LISTITEM>
      <PARA>
       <VARIABLELIST>
	<VARLISTENTRY>
	 <TERM>
	  <ReturnValue>DESTROYDB</ReturnValue>
	 </TERM>
	 <LISTITEM>
	  <PARA>
	   This message is returned if the command is successful.
	  </PARA>
	 </LISTITEM>
	</VARLISTENTRY>
	<VARLISTENTRY>
	 <TERM>
	  <ReturnValue>WARN: destroydb: database "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" does not exist.</ReturnValue>
	 </TERM>
	 <LISTITEM>
	  <PARA>
	   This message occurs if the specified database does not exist.
	  </PARA>
	 </LISTITEM>
	</VARLISTENTRY>
	<VARLISTENTRY>
	 <TERM>
	  <ReturnValue>ERROR:  destroydb cannot be executed on an open database</ReturnValue>
	 </TERM>
	 <LISTITEM>
	  <PARA>
	   This message occurs if the specified database does not exist.
	  </PARA>
	 </LISTITEM>
	</VARLISTENTRY>
       </variablelist>
     </LISTITEM>
    </VARLISTENTRY>
   </VARIABLELIST>
  </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>
    DROP DATABASE statement is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
 language extension.

    <tip>
     <para>
      This query cannot be executed while connected to the target
database. It is usually preferable to use the
 <command>destroydb</command> script instead.
     </para>
    </tip>

   </para>
   <para>
    Refer to the <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> statement for
    information on how to create a database.
   </para>
  </refsect2>
 </REFSECT1>
 
 <REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPDATABASE-3">
  <TITLE>
   Compatibility
  </TITLE>
  <PARA>
  </PARA>

  <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-4">
   <REFSECT2INFO>
    <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
   </REFSECT2INFO>
   <TITLE>
    SQL92
   </TITLE>
   <PARA>
   There is no <command>DROP DATABASE</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
   </PARA>
  </refsect2>
 </refsect1>
</REFENTRY>

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