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DROPDB !!!DROPDB NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION USAGE ---- !!NAME dropdb - remove a PostgreSQL database !!SYNOPSIS __dropdb__ [[ ''options''... ] ''dbname'' __INPUTS__ __-h, --host__ ''host'' Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain socket. __-p, --port__ ''port'' Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections. __-U, --username__ ''username'' User name to connect as __-W, --password__ Force password prompt. __-e, --echo__ Echo the queries that __dropdb__ generates and sends to the server. __-q, --quiet__ Do not display a response. __-i, --interactive__ Issues a verification prompt before doing anything destructive. ''dbname'' Specifies the name of the database to be removed. The database must be one of the existing PostgreSQL databases in this installation. The options -h, -p, -U, -W, and -e are passed on literally to psql(1). __OUTPUTS__ __DROP DATABASE__ The database was successfully removed. __dropdb: Database removal failed.__ Something didn't work out. If there is an error condition, the backend error message will be displayed. See DROP DATABASE [[__drop_database__(l)] and psql(1) for possibilities. !!DESCRIPTION __dropdb__ destroys an existing PostgreSQL database. The user who executes this command must be a database superuser or the owner of the database. __dropdb__ is a shell script wrapper around the SQL command DROP DATABASE [[__drop_database__(l)] via the PostgreSQL interactive terminal psql(1). Thus, there is nothing special about dropping databases via this or other methods. This means that the __psql__ must be found by the script and that a database server is running at the targeted host. Also, any default settings and environment variables available to __psql__ and the __libpq__ front-end library do apply. !!USAGE To destroy the database demo on the default database server: $ __dropdb demo __DROP DATABASE To destroy the database demo using the server on host eden, port 5000, with verification and a peek at the underlying query: $ __dropdb -p 5000 -h eden -i -e demo __Database __y __DROP DATABASE __ ----
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