DROP DATABASE SQL - Language Statements DROP DATABASE Destroys an existing database 1998-04-15 DROP DATABASE name 1998-04-15 name The name of an existing database to remove. 1998-04-15 DESTROYDB This message is returned if the command is successful. WARN: destroydb: database "name" does not exist. This message occurs if the specified database does not exist. 1998-04-15 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 the CREATE DATABASE command for details). 1998-04-15 This query should NOT be executed interactively. The destroydb script should be used instead. Some explanation would be desirable here! DROP DATABASE statement is a PostgreSQL language extension. Refer to the CREATE DATABASE statement for information on how to create a database. 1998-04-15 There is no DROP DATABASE statement in SQL92.