DROP DATABASE

Synopsis

Use the DROP DATABASE statement to remove a database and all of its associated objects from the system. This is an irreversible statement. A currently-open connection to the database will be invalidated and then closed as soon as the statement is executed using that connection.

Syntax

drop_database ::= DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] database_name

drop_database

DROPDATABASEIFEXISTSdatabase_name

Semantics

drop_database

DROP DATABASE [ IF EXISTS ] database_name

Remove a database and all associated objects. All objects that are associated with database_name such as tables will be invalidated after the drop statement is completed. All connections to the dropped database would be invalidated and eventually disconnected.

database_name

Specify the name of the database.

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