"Ola Ogunneye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have just finally finished my error free installation of mysql 4.0.13
> on Apache 2.0.47 and PHP 4.3.2 all running on Windows 2000 Advanced
> Server.
>
> I was able to follow a direction that helped me change the root user to
> myname and asign a password to myname. After that, I created 3 databases
> in addition to the test and mysql that were already created through the
> install process.
>
> My problem is that when I created the databases, I did not do anything
> else - no tables.
>
> I am running another application (Geeklog) and in the install of
> Geeklog, I got an error message saying that the "Table gl_access already
> exist" when I went to Geeklog forum help, it says that my problem is
> that I had performed an unsuccessful installation prior to this
> successful one, and therefore, I need to delete the table or better yet,
> delete the database and create a new one to use with Geeklog
> installation.
>
> The real question is that I do not know what would happen if I delete
> the database, and how do I delete the database?
>
> I thought it is something I could do at the command prompt just the same
> way I created the database:
>
> mysql>create database dbasenow
>
> would the following work:
>
> mysql>delete database dbasenow
No, the correct command is DROP DATABASE:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/DROP_DATABASE.html
>
> Or do I have to delete the tables in it first?
If you remove database, all its tables will be deteted, too.
> Please understand that
> when I created the databases, I did not create any tables, but when I
> used PHPMYADMIN, I found that the database in question has tables in it
> while the other 2 that I created had nothing in them..
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