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Old August 3rd, 2000, 11:15 AM
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I've done a bit of searching on the net and in a couple books I have and can't find out how to do this most simple task.

How do I delete an entire database?
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Old August 3rd, 2000, 11:35 AM
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drop database <database_name>
or check mysqladmin --help to find out how to do it from there (can't remember off the top of my head).
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Old August 3rd, 2000, 11:43 AM
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That did it.

Thanks,
Mike
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