DROP DATABASE dbname;

–The DROP DATABASE statement is used to drop an existing SQL database.<br /><br /> DROP DATABASE databasename;

DROP DATABASE ma_base

DROP DATABASE databasename

DROP DATABASE dbname

The DROP DATABASE statement drops all tables in the database and deletes the database permanently. Therefore, you should be very careful when using this statement.</p><br /> <p>The following shows the syntax of the DROP DATABASE statement:</p><br /> <p>DROP DATABASE [IF EXISTS] database_name;</p><br /> <p>In MySQL, the schema is the synonym for the database, therefore, you can use them interchangeably:</p><br /> <p>DROP SCHEMA [IF EXISTS] database_name;

mysql> drop database `my-database`;<br /><br />

mysql -e “DROP DATABASE db_name;”

DROP DATABASE databasename<br /><br /> TO DELETE DATABASE

mysql> drop database <db_name>;