MYSQL TUTORIALS - MySQL Drop Database

MySQL Drop Database

Syntax:

Parameter	Description
sql	Required - SQL query to create or delete a MySQL database
connection	Optional - if not specified, then last opened connection by mysql_connect will be used.

Drop Database using mysqladmin:

[root@host]# mysqladmin -u root -p drop TUTORIALS
Enter password:******

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Dropping the database is potentially a very bad thing to do.
Any data stored in the database will be destroyed.

Do you really want to drop the 'TUTORIALS' database [y/N] y
Database "TUTORIALS" dropped

						Syntax:

bool mysql_query( sql, connection );

						Example:

<html>
<head>
<title>Deleting MySQL Database</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$dbhost = 'localhost:3036';
$dbuser = 'root';
$dbpass = 'rootpassword';
$conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);
if(! $conn )
{
  die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully<br />';
$sql = 'DROP DATABASE TUTORIALS';
$retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn );
if(! $retval )
{
  die('Could not delete database: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo "Database TUTORIALS deleted successfully\n";
mysql_close($conn);
?>
</body>
</html>