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How to drop a PostgreSQL database if there are active connections to it?
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Drop Postgres Database
sudo -u postgres psql postgres
SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pg_stat_activity.pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE pg_stat_activity.datname = 'DB NAME' AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();
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