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Creating and Deleting a Database

In order to create or delete a database the postmaster must be running. Once the postmaster is running, you can create a database called mydatabase by issuing the command:

$\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.5in} {\tt \$ createdb mydatabase} \end{minipage} }$

To delete the database that you just created type:

$\fbox{ \begin{minipage}{4.5in} {\tt \$ dropdb mydatabase} \end{minipage} }$

Timothy G Mauch 2003-11-05