Chapter 21. Managing Databases
- Table of Contents
- 21.1.Overview
- 21.2.Creating a Database
- 21.3.Template Databases
- 21.4.Database Configuration
- 21.5.Destroying a Database
- 21.6.Tablespaces
- 21.1.Overview
Every instance of a runningPostgreSQL server manages one or more databases. Databases are therefore the topmost hierarchical level for organizingSQL objects ("database objects"). This chapter describes the properties of databases, and how to create, manage, and destroy them.