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| author | Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> | 1998-09-22 15:48:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> | 1998-09-22 15:48:03 +0000 |
| commit | 52ca2ab26852caf5715f92fa8457eaad4be5e9cc (patch) | |
| tree | bfbbcd2cc180957a92ba7ddbf8bc435fd7d1f8eb /doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml | |
| parent | 748e3003176c94d5db2174e959b46f7745d806a7 (diff) | |
Editing and markup cleanup.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml | 44 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml index d99d7d43e87..5fe7b48ad5b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ <DATE>1998-04-15</DATE> </REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO> <SYNOPSIS> - DROP DATABASE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE> +DROP DATABASE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE> </SYNOPSIS> <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-1"> @@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ </TITLE> <PARA> </PARA> - <VARIABLELIST> - <VARLISTENTRY> - <TERM> - </TERM> - <LISTITEM> - <PARA> <VARIABLELIST> <VARLISTENTRY> <TERM> @@ -47,9 +41,6 @@ </LISTITEM> </VARLISTENTRY> </variablelist> - </LISTITEM> - </VARLISTENTRY> - </VARIABLELIST> </REFSECT2> <REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-DROPDATABASE-2"> @@ -64,6 +55,7 @@ <VARIABLELIST> <VARLISTENTRY> <TERM> +<replaceable>status</replaceable> </TERM> <LISTITEM> <PARA> @@ -88,6 +80,16 @@ </PARA> </LISTITEM> </VARLISTENTRY> + <VARLISTENTRY> + <TERM> + <ReturnValue>ERROR: destroydb cannot be executed on an open database</ReturnValue> + </TERM> + <LISTITEM> + <PARA> + This message occurs if the specified database does not exist. + </PARA> + </LISTITEM> + </VARLISTENTRY> </variablelist> </LISTITEM> </VARLISTENTRY> @@ -116,17 +118,19 @@ <TITLE> Notes </TITLE> - <PARA> - <warning> + + <para> + DROP DATABASE statement is a <productname>Postgres</productname> + language extension. + + <tip> <para> - This query should NOT be executed interactively. - The <command>destroydb</command> script should be used instead. + This query cannot be executed while connected to the target +database. It is usually preferable to use the + <command>destroydb</command> script instead. </para> - </warning> - <comment>Some explanation would be desirable here!</comment> - </PARA> - <para> - DROP DATABASE statement is a PostgreSQL language extension. + </tip> + </para> <para> Refer to the <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> statement for @@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ SQL92 </TITLE> <PARA> - There is no DROP DATABASE statement in SQL92. + There is no <command>DROP DATABASE</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>. </PARA> </refsect2> </refsect1> |