db.dropdb(1)

NAME
db.dropdb - Removes an existing database.

KEYWORDS
database, attribute table, SQL

SYNOPSIS
db.dropdb
db.dropdb --help
db.dropdb driver=name database=name [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

driver=name [required]
    Name of database driver
    Options: dbf, odbc, ogr, pg, sqlite
    Default: sqlite

database=name [required]
    Name of database

DESCRIPTION
db.dropdb removes an existing database using given database driver. Currently only SQLite and PostgreSQL database drivers are supported.

EXAMPLES

  Drop (delete) an existing database connected through SQLite driver
Note that the standard GRASS GIS SQLite database is by default found in the user’s current mapset. This example shows an out-of-mapset database removal:

db.dropdb driver=sqlite database=/opt/sqlite.db

  Drop an existing database connected through PostgreSQL driver

db.dropdb driver=pg database=grassdb

TODO
Support other database drivers, too.

SEE ALSO
db.createdb, db.describe, db.droptable, db.execute, db.login, db.tables

GRASS SQL interface

AUTHORS
Radim Blazek, ITC-Irst, Trento, Italy
SQLite and PostgreSQL support by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

SOURCE CODE

Available at: db.dropdb source code (history)

Latest change: Mon Nov 18 20:15:32 2019 in commit: 1a1d107e4f6e1b846f9841c2c6fabf015c5f720d

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