Drop a Database
To drop a database, use the destroydb command. You must be the DBA for the database or have the security privilege.
To drop a database
Issue the following command at the operating system prompt:
destroydb dbname
The following occurs:
• The database, checkpoint, journal, dump, and work directories for the database are deleted.
• All traces of the database are removed from the master database (iidbdb).
• The Applications-By-Forms object file directories for any applications associated with the database (but not the source code directories) are deleted.
Caution! When you issue the destroydb command, it is irrevocable. It does not issue a prompt asking if you really want to destroy the database. There is no going back.
Caution! Do not set ING_ABFDIR to be your default login directory or other directory that contains your own files. Your files can be inadvertently destroyed if a destroydb command is issued and dbname specified is the same name as the ING_ABFDIR directory.
Last modified date: 11/09/2022