| Verb | URI | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DELETE | /instances/{instanceId}/databases/{databaseName} | Deletes the specified database. |
Normal Response Code(s): 202
Error Response Code(s): badRequest (400), unauthorized (401), forbidden (403), badMethod (405), overLimit (413), unprocessableEntity (422), instanceFault (500), notImplemented (501), serviceUnavailable (503), itemNotFound (404)
This operation deletes the requested database within the specified database instance. Note that all data associated with the database is also deleted.
| Name | Style | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
accountId | Template | String | The account ID of the owner of the specified instance. |
instanceId | Template | String | The instance ID for the specified database instance. |
databaseName | Template | String | The name for the specified database. |
The following examples show the Delete Database requests:
Example 4.57. Delete Database Request: XML
DELETE /v1.0/1234/instances/9cccb45e-e15d-4bcc-aedc-61a4bf3e4ad9/databases/oneMoreDB HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: python-reddwarfclient Host: ord.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com X-Auth-Token: 87c6033c-9ff6-405f-943e-2deb73f278b7 Accept: application/xml Content-Type: application/xml
Example 4.58. Delete Database Request: JSON
DELETE /v1.0/1234/instances/dcc5c518-73c7-4471-83e1-15fae67a98eb/databases/testingdb HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: python-reddwarfclient Host: ord.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com X-Auth-Token: 87c6033c-9ff6-405f-943e-2deb73f278b7 Accept: application/json Content-Type: application/json
This operation does not require a request body.
The following examples show the Delete Database responses:
Example 4.59. Delete Database Response: XML
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted Content-Type: application/xml Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/2.6.7) Content-Length: 0 Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 22:43:34 GMT Server: Jetty(8.0.y.z-SNAPSHOT)
Example 4.60. Delete Database Response: JSON
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted Content-Type: application/json Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/2.6.7) Content-Length: 0 Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 22:43:34 GMT Server: Jetty(8.0.y.z-SNAPSHOT)

