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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2003-03-18 22:19:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2003-03-18 22:19:47 +0000 |
| commit | 9e0ab7126d106debb3fbdbc0e808368432cf39f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 63d924e978ce0e50fc57bf44c30bdc8564f9a0f3 /doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml | |
| parent | cf1cf8964925cd36dc7bf034a968a4e44ede382a (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-9e0ab7126d106debb3fbdbc0e808368432cf39f0.tar.gz | |
Reimplement create and drop scripts in C, to reduce repetitive
connections, increase robustness, add NLS, and prepare for Windows port.
(vacuumdb and clusterdb will follow later.)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml | 21 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml index 191f5e5be4..302d512825 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v 1.19 2002/10/11 23:03:48 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v 1.20 2003/03/18 22:19:46 petere Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -35,16 +35,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - <application>dropdb</application> is a shell script wrapper around the - <acronym>SQL</acronym> command - <xref linkend="SQL-DROPDATABASE" endterm="SQL-DROPDATABASE-title"> via - the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> interactive terminal - <xref linkend="APP-PSQL">. Thus, there is nothing - special about dropping databases via this or other methods. This means - that the <application>psql</application> must be found by the script and that - a database server is running at the targeted host. Also, any default - settings and environment variables available to <application>psql</application> - and the <application>libpq</application> front-end library do apply. + <application>dropdb</application> is a wrapper around the + <acronym>SQL</acronym> command <xref linkend="SQL-DROPDATABASE" + endterm="SQL-DROPDATABASE-title">. Thus, there is nothing special + about dropping databases via this or other methods. This means that + a database server is running at the targeted host. Also, any + default settings and environment variables used by the + <application>libpq</application> front-end library do apply. </para> </refsect1> @@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <para> If there is an error condition, the backend error message will be displayed. See <xref linkend="SQL-DROPDATABASE" endterm="SQL-DROPDATABASE-title"> - and <xref linkend="APP-PSQL"> for possibilities. + for possibilities. </para> </refsect1> |