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Unsupported versions: 6.4
Historical version. PostgreSQL 6.4 reached end of support in October 2003. See the current manual for supported releases.

Destroying a Database

If you are the database administrator for the database mydb, you can destroy it using the following UNIX command:

% destroydb mydb
This action physically removes all of the UNIX files associated with the database and cannot be undone, so this should only be done with a great deal of forethought.

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