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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/drop_database.l,v 1.1 1997/04/26 18:43:33 scrappy Exp $
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.TH "DROP DATABASE" SQL 01/23/93 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
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.SH NAME
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drop database \(em destroy an existing database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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\fBdrop database\fR dbname
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR "Drop database"
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removes the catalog entries for an existing database and deletes the
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directory containing the data. It can only be executed by the
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database administrator (see
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.IR createdb (l)
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for details).
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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create database(l),
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destroydb(1).
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.SH BUGS
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This query should
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.BR NOT
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be executed interactively. The
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.IR destroydb (1)
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script should be used instead.
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