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Md Enayetur Rahman
Md Enayetur Rahman

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How to Create, Update, and Delete Database in Postgres

  • Open SQL Shell.
  • Provide your username and password.
  • Type the following command
CREATE DATABASE your_database_name;
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  • If the database is created successfully you will see the "CREATE DATABASE" message.
  • Type the following command to see all the databases.
\l
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  • If you want to change the name of the database you can use the following command
ALTER DATABASE your_database_name RENAME TO new_database_name;
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  • If the database name is changed successfully you will see an "ALTER DATABASE" message.

  • If you want to delete the database you can use the following command

DROP DATABASE your_database_name;
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  • If the database deletes successfully you will see a "DROP DATABASE" message.

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