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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml,v 1.46 2006/09/16 00:30:17 momjian Exp $
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<refentry id="SQL-CREATEDATABASE">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="sql-createdatabase-title">CREATE DATABASE</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>CREATE DATABASE</refname>
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<refpurpose>create a new database</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<indexterm zone="sql-createdatabase">
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<primary>CREATE DATABASE</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<synopsis>
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CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
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[ [ WITH ] [ OWNER [=] <replaceable class="parameter">dbowner</replaceable> ]
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[ TEMPLATE [=] <replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable> ]
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[ ENCODING [=] <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable> ]
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[ TABLESPACE [=] <replaceable class="parameter">tablespace</replaceable> ]
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[ CONNECTION LIMIT [=] <replaceable class="parameter">connlimit</replaceable> ] ]
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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<command>CREATE DATABASE</command> creates a new
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database.
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</para>
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<para>
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To create a database, you must be a superuser or have the special
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<literal>CREATEDB</> privilege.
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See <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEUSER" endterm="SQL-CREATEUSER-title">.
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</para>
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<para>
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Normally, the creator becomes the owner of the new database.
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Superusers can create databases owned by other users, by using the
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<literal>OWNER</> clause. They can even create databases owned by
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users with no special privileges. Non-superusers with <literal>CREATEDB</>
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privilege can only create databases owned by themselves.
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</para>
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<para>
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By default, the new database will be created by cloning the standard
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system database <literal>template1</>. A different template can be
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specified by writing <literal>TEMPLATE
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<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></literal>. In particular,
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by writing <literal>TEMPLATE template0</>, you can create a virgin
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database containing only the standard objects predefined by your
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version of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. This is useful
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if you wish to avoid copying
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any installation-local objects that may have been added to
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<literal>template1</>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Parameters</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of a database to create.
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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><replaceable class="parameter">dbowner</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of the database user who will own the new database,
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or <literal>DEFAULT</literal> to use the default (namely, the
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user executing the command).
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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><replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of the template from which to create the new database,
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or <literal>DEFAULT</literal> to use the default template
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(<literal>template1</literal>).
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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><replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Character set encoding to use in the new database. Specify
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a string constant (e.g., <literal>'SQL_ASCII'</literal>),
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or an integer encoding number, or <literal>DEFAULT</literal>
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to use the default encoding (namely, the encoding of the
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template database). The character sets supported by the
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server are described in
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<xref linkend="multibyte-charset-supported">.
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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><replaceable class="parameter">tablespace</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of the tablespace that will be associated with the
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new database, or <literal>DEFAULT</literal> to use the
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template database's tablespace. This
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tablespace will be the default tablespace used for objects
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created in this database. See
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<xref linkend="sql-createtablespace" endterm="sql-createtablespace-title">
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for more information.
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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><replaceable class="parameter">connlimit</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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How many concurrent connections can be made
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to this database. -1 (the default) means no limit.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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Optional parameters can be written in any order, not only the order
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illustrated above.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Notes</title>
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<para>
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<command>CREATE DATABASE</> cannot be executed inside a transaction
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block.
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</para>
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<para>
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Errors along the line of <quote>could not initialize database directory</>
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are most likely related to insufficient permissions on the data
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directory, a full disk, or other file system problems.
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</para>
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<para>
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Use <xref linkend="SQL-DROPDATABASE" endterm="SQL-DROPDATABASE-title"> to remove a database.
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</para>
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<para>
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The program <xref linkend="APP-CREATEDB" endterm="APP-CREATEDB-title"> is a
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wrapper program around this command, provided for convenience.
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</para>
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<para>
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Although it is possible to copy a database other than <literal>template1</>
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by specifying its name as the template, this is not (yet) intended as
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a general-purpose <quote><command>COPY DATABASE</command></quote> facility.
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The principal limitation is that no other sessions can be connected to
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the template database while it is being copied. <command>CREATE
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DATABASE</> will fail if any other connection exists when it starts;
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otherwise, new connections to the template database are locked out
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until <command>CREATE DATABASE</> completes.
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See <xref linkend="manage-ag-templatedbs"> for more information.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <literal>CONNECTION LIMIT</> option is only enforced approximately;
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if two new sessions start at about the same time when just one
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connection <quote>slot</> remains for the database, it is possible that
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both will fail. Also, the limit is not enforced against superusers.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>
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To create a new database:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE DATABASE lusiadas;
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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To create a database <literal>sales</> owned by user <literal>salesapp</>
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with a default tablespace of <literal>salesspace</>:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE DATABASE sales OWNER salesapp TABLESPACE salesspace;
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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To create a database <literal>music</> which supports the ISO-8859-1
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character set:
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<programlisting>
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CREATE DATABASE music ENCODING 'LATIN1';
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Compatibility</title>
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<para>
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There is no <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> statement in the SQL
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standard. Databases are equivalent to catalogs, whose creation is
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implementation-defined.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<simplelist type="inline">
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<member><xref linkend="sql-alterdatabase" endterm="sql-alterdatabase-title"></member>
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<member><xref linkend="sql-dropdatabase" endterm="sql-dropdatabase-title"></member>
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</simplelist>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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