21.5. Destroying a Database#
Databases are destroyed with the commandDROP DATABASE:
DROP DATABASEname
;
Only the owner of the database, or a superuser, can drop a database. Dropping a database removes all objects that were contained within the database. The destruction of a database cannot be undone.
You cannot execute theDROP DATABASE
command while connected to the victim database. You can, however, be connected to any other database, including thetemplate1
database.template1
would be the only option for dropping the last user database of a given cluster.
For convenience, there is also a shell program to drop databases,dropdb:
dropdbdbname
(Unlikecreatedb
, it is not the default action to drop the database with the current user name.)