====== mysql_drop_db ====== int mysql_drop_db(MYSQL *mysql, const char *db) ==== description of mysql_drop_db ==== mysql_drop_db deletes the specified database in the db parameter. this function is obsolete. Please instead use mysql_query () to issue an SQL DROP DATABASE statement. #include /* including standard library */ #include MYSQL *my; int main( void ){ char host[20]; char user[20]; char pass[20]; my = mysql_init(NULL); sprintf(host,"localhost"); sprintf(user,"username"); sprintf(pass,"password"); if (my == NULL ) { printf("Cant initalisize MySQL\n"); return 1; } if( mysql_real_connect (my,host,user,pass,NULL,0,NULL,0) == NULL) { printf("Error cant login\n"); } else { printf("Login correct\n"); } mysql_drop_db(my,"test_database"); printf("database dropped\n"); mysql_close(my); return 0; } ===== output of mysql_drop_db c example ===== Login correct database dropped