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<REFENTRY ID="SQL-DROPDATABASE">
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<REFMETA>
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<REFENTRYTITLE>
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DROP DATABASE
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</REFENTRYTITLE>
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<REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
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</REFMETA>
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<REFNAMEDIV>
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<REFNAME>
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DROP DATABASE
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</REFNAME>
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<REFPURPOSE>
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Destroys an existing database
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</REFPURPOSE>
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<REFSYNOPSISDIV>
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<REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
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<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
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</REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
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<SYNOPSIS>
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DROP DATABASE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE>
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</SYNOPSIS>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-1">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Inputs
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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</PARA>
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<VARIABLELIST>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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<VARIABLELIST>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue><REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE></ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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The name of an existing database to remove.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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</variablelist>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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</VARIABLELIST>
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</REFSECT2>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-2">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Outputs
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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</PARA>
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<VARIABLELIST>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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<VARIABLELIST>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue>DESTROYDB</ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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This message is returned if the command is successful.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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<VARLISTENTRY>
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<TERM>
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<ReturnValue>WARN: destroydb: database "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" does not exist.</ReturnValue>
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</TERM>
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<LISTITEM>
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<PARA>
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This message occurs if the specified database does not exist.
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</PARA>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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</variablelist>
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</LISTITEM>
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</VARLISTENTRY>
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</VARIABLELIST>
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</REFSECT2>
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</REFSYNOPSISDIV>
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<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPDATABASE-1">
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<REFSECT1INFO>
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<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
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</REFSECT1INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Description
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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<command>DROP DATABASE</command> removes the catalog entries for an existing
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database and deletes the directory containing the data.
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It can only be executed by the database administrator
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(See the <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> command for details).
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</PARA>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-3">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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Notes
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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<warning>
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<para>
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This query should NOT be executed interactively.
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The <command>destroydb</command> script should be used instead.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<comment>Some explanation would be desirable here!</comment>
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</PARA>
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<para>
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DROP DATABASE statement is a PostgreSQL language extension.
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</para>
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<para>
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Refer to the <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> statement for
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information on how to create a database.
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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</REFSECT1>
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<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-DROPDATABASE-3">
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<TITLE>
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Compatibility
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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</PARA>
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<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-4">
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<REFSECT2INFO>
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<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
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</REFSECT2INFO>
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<TITLE>
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SQL92
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</TITLE>
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<PARA>
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There is no DROP DATABASE statement in SQL92.
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</PARA>
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</refsect2>
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</refsect1>
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</REFENTRY>
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Local variables:
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mode: sgml
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sgml-omittag:t
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sgml-shorttag:t
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sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
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sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
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sgml-indent-step:1
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sgml-indent-data:t
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sgml-parent-document:nil
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sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
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sgml-exposed-tags:nil
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sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/catalog"
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sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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End:
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