> Alternative is DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] name [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] [ WITH > FORCE ] > > but in this case WIDTH keyword should not be optional (If I need to solve > Tom's note). Currently WITH keyword is optional every where, so I think so > using syntax with required WIDTH keyword is not happy.
Well, you would have one of those:
DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] name WITH (FORCE) DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] name
Naturally, the WITH is optional in the sense that the clause itself is optional. (Note we don't have CASCADE/RESTRICT in DROP DATABASE.)
You propose
DROP DATABASE (FORCE) [IF EXISTS] name
which seems weird to me -- I think only legacy syntax uses that form.
I have not strong opinion about it, little bit prefer option list after DROP DATABASE, because it is some what I know from EXPLAIN ANALYZE daily work, but it is not too important. Your proposed syntax is ok.