PostgreSQL 7.2.1 Documentation
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# 6.2. Destroying a Database

Databases are destroyed with the command DROP DATABASE:

    DROP DATABASE name

Only the owner of the database (i.e., the user that created it), 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 the DROP DATABASE command while connected to the victim database. You can, however, be connected to any other database, including the `template1` database, which 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 dbname

(Unlike createdb, it is not the default action to drop the database with the current user name.)

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