DELETE databases/:database_name

Creates a job to delete (drop) an existing database on the cluster. To perform this operation, you must first stop the database. The :database_name is the value of the name field that the GET databases command returns.

Returns a job ID that you can use to determine the status of the job. See GET jobs.

Resource URL

https://<NODE>:5444/databases/:database_name

Authentication

Requires a VerticaAPIKey in the request header.

The API key must have admin level security.

Parameters

None.

Example request

Response:

{
    "id": "DropDatabase-TestDB-2014-07-18 12:50:33.332383",
    "url": "/jobs/DropDatabase-TestDB-2014-07-18 12:50:33.332383"
}