destroydb(7l)

destroydb7l

Destroy an existing database

Usage

drop database dbname

Overview

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 administrator (see createdb(l) for details).

Releases

2 releases since Debian 1.2 (Rex); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 1.2
  2. 1.3

Bugs

This query should NOT be executed interactively. The destroydb(1) script should be used instead.

From postgres95 1.09-1 in Debian 1.3 (Bo). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.