DROP DATABASE() SQL Commands DROP DATABASE()NAME
DROP DATABASE - Removes an existing 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.
ERROR: user 'username' is not allowed to create/drop databases
You must have the special CREATEDB privilege to drop databases.
See CREATE USER [create_user(l)].
ERROR: dropdb: cannot be executed on the template database
The template1 database cannot be removed. It's not in your
interest.
ERROR: dropdb: cannot be executed on an open database
You cannot be connected to the database your are about to
remove. Instead, you could connect to template1 or any other
database and run this command again.
ERROR: dropdb: database 'name' does not exist
This message occurs if the specified database does not exist.
ERROR: dropdb: database 'name' is not owned by you
You must be the owner of the database. Being the owner usually
means that you created it as well.
ERROR: dropdb: May not be called in a transaction block.
You must finish the transaction in progress before you can call
this command.
NOTICE: The database directory 'xxx' could not be removed.
The database was dropped (unless other error messages came up),
but the directory where the data is stored could not be removed.
You must delete it manually.
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).
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(l)] for information on how to
create a database.
COMPATIBILITY
SQL92
DROP DATABASE statement is a Postgres language extension; there is no
such command in SQL92.
SQL - Language Statements 29 March 2001 DROP DATABASE()
