Amazon Relational Database Service
API Reference (API Version 2012-04-23)
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DeleteDBParameterGroup

Description

Deletes a specified DBParameterGroup. The DBParameterGroup cannot be associated with any RDS instances to be deleted.

[Note]Note
The specified DB Parameter Group cannot be associated with any DB Instances.

Request Parameters

For information about the common parameters that all actions use, see Common Query Parameters.

Name Description Required
DBParameterGroupName

The name of the DB Parameter Group.

Constraints:

  • Must be the name of an existing DB Parameter Group
  • You cannot delete a default DB Parameter Group
  • Cannot be associated with any DB Instances

Type: String

Yes

Errors

For information about the common errors that all actions use, see Common Errors.

Error Description HTTP Status Code
DBParameterGroupNotFound

DBParameterGroupName does not refer to an existing DB Parameter Group.

404
InvalidDBParameterGroupState

The DB Parameter Group cannot be deleted because it is in use.

400

Examples

Sample Request

https://rds.amazonaws.com/
    ?Action=DeleteDBParameterGroup
    &DBParameterGroupName=mydbparametergroup
    &Version=2012-04-23
    &SignatureVersion=2&SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
    &Timestamp=2011-05-11T18%3A47%3A08.851Z
    &AWSAccessKeyId=<AWS Access Key ID>
    &Signature=<Signature>

Sample Response

<DeleteDBParameterGroupResponse xmlns="http://rds.amazonaws.com/doc/2012-04-23/">
  <ResponseMetadata>
    <RequestId>4dc38be9-bf3b-11de-a88b-7b5b3d23b3a7</RequestId>
  </ResponseMetadata>
</DeleteDBParameterGroupResponse>