NAME
DROP_DATABASE - remove a database
SYNOPSIS
DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] \nname\n [ [ WITH ] ( \noption\n [, ...] ) ]
where \noption\n can be:
\n
FORCEDESCRIPTION
DROP DATABASE drops a database. It removes the catalog entries for the database and deletes the directory containing the data. It can only be executed by the database owner. It cannot be executed while you are connected to the target database. (Connect to postgres or any other database to issue this command.) Also, if anyone else is connected to the target database, this command will fail unless you use the FORCE option described below.
DROP DATABASE cannot be undone. Use it with care!
PARAMETERS
IF EXISTS
name
FORCE
This terminates background worker connections and connections that the current user has permission to terminate with pg_terminate_backend, described in Section 9.28.2. If connections would remain, this command will fail.
NOTES
DROP DATABASE cannot be executed inside a transaction block.
This command cannot be executed while connected to the target database. Thus, it might be more convenient to use the program dropdb(1) instead, which is a wrapper around this command.
COMPATIBILITY
There is no DROP DATABASE statement in the SQL standard.
SEE ALSO
CREATE DATABASE (CREATE_DATABASE(7))