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Old 03-26-2004, 03:41 AM
Gonkers
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Default how do i delete mysql database?

Well some how after I installed mw_052_053_alpha2. (before i did, i installed their latest..so im going to try to install old one first, then new one on top). Before I did this, I never crashed zoning into any newbie zones, now on char select, no matter what city...I crash.

does anyone know the code to delete a mysql database?
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Old 03-26-2004, 07:01 AM
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Browse to C:\mysql\data and delete the folder of the database whatever you named it.
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Old 03-26-2004, 09:52 AM
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Make sure MySQL is off though otherwise it will not let you delete it.
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Old 03-26-2004, 09:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jezebell
Browse to C:\mysql\data and delete the folder of the database whatever you named it.
The proper method is to 'drop' it, e.g. launch a command prompt:

mysql -u root

drop database <your db> ;
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Old 03-26-2004, 10:21 AM
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ahh, yeah, that would of course work too :P
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