<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Chapter 22. Managing Databases</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="perm-functions.html" title="21.6. Function Security" /><link rel="next" href="manage-ag-overview.html" title="22.1. Overview" /></head><body><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">Chapter 22. Managing Databases</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="perm-functions.html" title="21.6. Function Security">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="admin.html" title="Part III. Server Administration">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Server Administration</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 11.5 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="manage-ag-overview.html" title="22.1. Overview">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></hr></div><div class="chapter" id="MANAGING-DATABASES"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">Chapter 22. Managing Databases</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-overview.html">22.1. Overview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-createdb.html">22.2. Creating a Database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-templatedbs.html">22.3. Template Databases</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-config.html">22.4. Database Configuration</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-dropdb.html">22.5. Destroying a Database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-tablespaces.html">22.6. Tablespaces</a></span></dt></dl></div><a id="id-1.6.9.2" class="indexterm"></a><p> Every instance of a running <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server manages one or more databases. Databases are therefore the topmost hierarchical level for organizing <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> objects (<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">database objects</span>”</span>). This chapter describes the properties of databases, and how to create, manage, and destroy them. </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="perm-functions.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="admin.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="manage-ag-overview.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.6. Function Security </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 22.1. Overview</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
