On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:22:59 -0600, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Tripura <k_tripura@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to drop a schema by writing the following line
>>
>> DROP SCHEMA "xxx" IF EXISTS
>
> The syntax requires:
> DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS "xxx";
>
>> I have two issues here -
>> 1> I am not sure how to specify the db from which the schema should be
>> deleted
>
> You connect to a particular database. All operations are against that
> database.
>
>> 2> I am getting the following error message -- "DROP: command not
>> found"
>
> Perhaps you should try this in an interactive session and paste the
> actual error lines. I get this:
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "IF"
> LINE 1: DROP SCHEMA "xxx" IF EXISTS;
He's not even in psql
