How is the “drop” command used in MySQL?

2 years ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

In MySQL, DROP is used to delete databases, tables, or indexes. It has several different uses:

  1. Delete database: DROP DATABASE database_name;
    For example, delete a database named “mydatabase”: DROP DATABASE mydatabase;
  2. Delete a table: DROP TABLE table_name;
    For example, delete a table named “mytable”: DROP TABLE mytable;
  3. Remove an index: DROP INDEX index_name ON table_name;
    For example, to remove the index named “myindex” belonging to the table named “mytable”: DROP INDEX myindex ON mytable;

It should be noted that the DROP operation is irreversible, once executed, it cannot be recovered. Therefore, before performing the DROP operation, make sure you have backed up the relevant data or confirmed that you no longer need them.

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