how to drop database

Question

i used the following sytanx

drop database filmo; 

and got the following error:

ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database         


        

Answer 1

drop database <database_name>;

Answer 2

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/db_production

where db_production is the name of the database

Remember to use "sudo".

Answer 3

It means there are files in that directory not relating to MySQL. Another issue, although I doubt it, is insufficient permissions. You may delete that directory from the filesystem.

Answer 4

Got same error. This fixed it for me in Ubuntu 10.04:

stop mysql

rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/XXXXX

start mysql

Where XXXXX is the offending database name.

Answer 5

I've changed the permissions on mysql folder ( windows server c:\xampp\mysql ) and is working now, I've created and dropped databases without any error.

Answer 6

This is what I do on Mac OS X Mavericks:

1. Stop the MySQL service
2. Remove the directory at /usr/local/mysql/data