Re: How to delete databases from PostGreSQL?

From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: Ruud van Dijk <ruud_v_dijk(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to delete databases from PostGreSQL?
Date: 2011-01-04 14:28:37
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On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 15:18 +0100, Ruud van Dijk wrote:
>
> I have around 10 databases in my PostGreSQL database, but i want to
> delete some of those im not using.
> I've looked, but i have no clue how to delete them?

Connect to server using a client, and execute

DROP DATABASE database_name;

Alternatively, You can use pgadmin3 as GUI, which will let you drop a
database with a right click. http://www.pgadmin.org

Regards,
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Devrim GÜNDÜZ
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