MySQL Programming Interview Question:

How To Drop an Existing Table in MySQL?

Submitted by: Administrator

If you want to delete an existing table and its data rows, you can use the "DROP TABLE" statement as shown in the tutorial script below:
<pre>mysql> SELECT * FROM tipBackup;
+----+-------------+-------------------------+-------------+
| id | subject | description | create_date |
+----+-------------+-------------------------+-------------+
| 1 | Learn MySQL | Visit www.GlobalGuideLine.com | 2006-07-01 |
+----+-------------+-------------------------+-------------+</pre>
1 row in set (0.40 sec)

mysql> DROP TABLE tipBackup;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM tipBackup;
ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'ggl.tipbackup' doesn't exist

Be careful, when you use the "DROP TABLE" statement. All data rows are gone too.
Submitted by: Administrator