Creating, dropping, and backing up databases

Creating, dropping, and backing up databases You create new databases and access existing ones by specifying attributes to the connection URL. Databasesdropping Dropping databasesBacking up databases Databasesbacking up

There is no drop database command. To drop a database, delete the database directory with operating system commands. The database must not be booted when you remove a database. You can get a list of booted databases with getPropertyInfo.

To back up a database, you can use the online backup utility. For information on this utility, see the .

You can also use roll-forward recovery to recover a damaged database. accomplishes roll-forward recovery by using a full backup copy of the database, archived logs, and active logs from the most recent time before a failure. For more information on roll-forward recovery see the .