Updated on 2025-08-11 GMT+08:00

Deleting a Database

Function

This API is used to delete a database from a specified DB instance. Before calling this API:

Constraints

This API can only be used to delete a single database. This operation cannot be performed when the instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, changing instance specifications, frozen, or abnormal.

URI

DELETE /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/database?database_name={database_name}

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Definition

Project ID of a tenant in a region.

To obtain the value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 32 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

instance_id

Yes

Definition

Instance ID, which uniquely identifies an instance.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 36 characters. Only letters and digits are allowed.

Default Value

N/A

database_name

Yes

Definition

Database name.

Constraints

The name cannot be a template database and must be an existing database name.

Template databases include postgres, template0, template1, and templatem.

Range

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

None

Example Request

Deleting the GaussDB database gaussdb_test
DELETE https://gaussdb-opengauss.ap-southeast-1.myhuaweicloud.com/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/{instance_id}/database?database_name=gaussdb_test

Example Response

{}

Status Codes

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.