"sami" <sami(dot)jan(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> When I give the program the following arguments, it throws up an error:
>> dropdb -i -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres - W password dataBaseToDrop
-W does not take the password as an argument on the command line, it
just forces a prompt for the password. (Which will happen anyway if
needed, so really -W is a waste of typing.)
Also, I hope you weren't really spelling it with a space between the
dash and the W...
regards, tom lane