How to Create and Delete a MySQL Database
From Brian Nelson Ramblings
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How to create and delete a MySQL Database
Now that you have MySQL setup, I would assume that you will want to create a database.
Create a New MySQL Database
The first thing you will need to do is login into mysql
mysql -u <username> -p
Then you will want to create your database
create database <databasename>;
To verify that your database has been created run:
show databases;
Delete/Drop a MySQL Database
As before, the first thing you need to do is login to mysql
mysql -u <username> -p
Then drop the database
drop database <databasename>
To verify that it has been dropped
show databases;
Alternative way to create and drop a database
Alternatively this can also be done with -e flag with mysql
mysql -u <username> -p -e'create database <databasename>'
or
mysql -u <username> -p -e'drop database <databasename>'
Now just check and see if its there or been dropped
mysql -u <username> -p -e'show databases;'
