On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 10:04 PM Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > On 2019-09-26 17:35, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Well, you would have one of those: > > > > DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] name WITH (FORCE) > > DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] name > > > > Naturally, the WITH is optional in the sense that the clause itself is > > optional. (Note we don't have CASCADE/RESTRICT in DROP DATABASE.) > > The WITH here seems weird to me. Why not leave it out? >
Yeah, we can leave it as well. However, other commands like COPY seems to be using WITH clause for a somewhat similar purpose. I think we use WITH clause in other cases while specifying multiple options. So to me, using WITH here doesn't sound to be a bad idea. -- With Regards, Amit Kapila. EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
