> Don't know about phpAdmin, but in straight PHP, after you've connected to
> database, etc.
>
> $sql = "drop table tablename";
> $result = mysql_query( $sql );

Do yuo use PHP anyway? the comment on that was probably it.

Otherwise, if you ahve command line access to mysql then the above SQL (DROP
TABLE tablename;) should work fine.

> if you want to test for the table before deleting use
> $sql = "drop table if exist tablename";
>
> HTH - Miles
>
> At 03:30 PM 8/3/01 +0200, thomas wrote:
> >Hi, I'm new to phpMyAdmin but they told me to use this programm to delete
a
> >table from my mysql database.
> >I've configured the file and when i try to run phpMyAdmin i can see my
> >database on the left frame, however the right frame doesn't show up at
all.
> >(instead there's a download dialog box opening all the time). When i
> >download the file and open it in notepad i get an unreadable set of
> >characters
> >
> >what should i do to delete that table??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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