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Unsupported versions: 7.2 / 7.1
Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.1 reached end of support in April 2006. See the current manual for supported releases.

10.4. Destroying a Database

If you are the owner of the database mydb, you can destroy it using the following Unix command:

% dropdb 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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