Deleting table question...

[Joel Holtzman]

Hello, via telnet with mysql server on linux, I try to delete a table, but it won't 
work. I'm browsing the documentation, I can't see what will work. I can do this via 
asp, but I'd love to know the command for something that should be as simple as

mysql> Delete (tablename) from (Database name);

Anybody?

Thanks

PS. Sorry if this sounds basic, I thought it was, but nothing works.