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Chapter 21. Managing Databases

Table of Contents
21.1. Overview
21.2. Creating a Database
21.3. Template Databases
21.4. Database Configuration
21.5. Destroying a Database
21.6. Tablespaces

Every instance of a running PostgreSQL server manages one or more databases. Databases are therefore the topmost hierarchical level for organizing SQL objects ("database objects"). This chapter describes the properties of databases, and how to create, manage, and destroy them.

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