Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

PRODEL utility

Deletes an OpenEdge database.

Syntax

prodel db-name

Parameters

db-name

Specifies the database you are deleting.

Notes

When you delete a database, PRODEL displays a message to notify you that it is deleting the database, log, BI, and AI areas for that database.
When you delete a database, PRODEL deletes all associated areas (database, log, before-image (BI) and after-image (AI) files) that were created using the structure description file.
If an AI area exists in a database, a warning appears. Back up the AI area before deleting it.
PRODEL supports the use of internationalization startup parameters such as -cpinternal codepage and -cpstream codepage. See Chapter 18, "Database Startup Parameters," for a description of each database-related internationalization startup parameter.
PRODEL opens the database file to delete it.
PRODEL does not delete the database’s .st file. Because the .st file remains, you can recover the database after it has been deleted.