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Databases

This section describes the administrative commands pertaining to databases.

Create a new database.

create database name ;

The command create database creates a new EdgeDB database.

The new database will be created with all standard schemas prepopulated.

Create a new database:

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create database appdb;

Remove a database.

drop database name ;

The command drop database removes an existing database. It cannot be executed while there are existing connections to the target database.

Executing drop database removes data permanently and cannot be undone.

Remove a database:

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drop database appdb;
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