Drop database

Use the statement ‘DROP DATABASE database_name’ to drop a database.

mysql> SHOW databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| college            |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sample             |
| sys                |
+--------------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> DROP DATABASE college;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> 
mysql> SHOW databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| sample             |
| sys                |
+--------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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