Re: cannot drop database
On Aug 15, 2005, at 5:07 AM, Logan, David (SST - Adelaide) wrote: Hi Gary, If you are running unix (or variants thereof), you can go to the data directory and remove it at the operating system level if the mysql client can't do it. Not sure about windows though but I would think the same thing would apply. If you do that and then do a show databases, it should be gone. David is right in that once you do this it won't show in the show databases list any more, but if you use a data engine that stores data in a shared table space (such as InnoDB to name one) doing this deletes the database as far as MySQL is concerned, but the data is still sitting in the shared spaces with no practical way of getting it out and freeing your space. The correct way will be to make sure you enclose the database name in backticks as previously mentioned in this thread. Best Regards, Bruce Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: Gary Huntress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 August 2005 9:09 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: cannot drop database I need to drop a database named ÃáãÃáà using the mysql client. I'm getting you have an error in your sql syntax for the command DROP database ÃáãÃáÃ; I'm sure this is a character set issue. How can I drop this database? Regards, Gary H. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cannot drop database
Try DROP database `ÃáãÃáÃ`; Gary Huntress wrote: I need to drop a database named ÃáãÃáà using the mysql client. I'm getting you have an error in your sql syntax for the command DROP database ÃáãÃáÃ; I'm sure this is a character set issue. How can I drop this database? Regards, Gary H. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cannot drop database
I need to drop a database named ÃáãÃáà using the mysql client. I'm getting you have an error in your sql syntax for the command DROP database ÃáãÃáÃ; I'm sure this is a character set issue. How can I drop this database? What about using backticks around it: drop database `yourname` With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: cannot drop database
Hi Gary, If you are running unix (or variants thereof), you can go to the data directory and remove it at the operating system level if the mysql client can't do it. Not sure about windows though but I would think the same thing would apply. If you do that and then do a show databases, it should be gone. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 148 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000 Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: Gary Huntress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 August 2005 9:09 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: cannot drop database I need to drop a database named ÃáãÃáà using the mysql client. I'm getting you have an error in your sql syntax for the command DROP database ÃáãÃáÃ; I'm sure this is a character set issue. How can I drop this database? Regards, Gary H. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cannot drop database
I need to drop a database named ÃáãÃáà using the mysql client. I'm getting you have an error in your sql syntax for the command DROP database ÃáãÃáÃ; I'm sure this is a character set issue. How can I drop this database? Regards, Gary H. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
