Re: phpMyAdmin: delete table

> Don't know about phpAdmin, but in straight PHP, after you've connected to > database, etc. > > $sql = "drop table tablename"; > $result = mysql_query( $sql ); Do yuo use PHP anyway? the comment on that was probably it. Otherwise, if you ahve command line access to mysql then the above SQL (DROP TABLE tablename;) should work fine. > if you want to test for the table before deleting use > $sql = "drop table if exist tablename"; > > HTH - Miles > > At 03:30 PM 8/3/01 +0200, thomas wrote: > >Hi, I'm new to phpMyAdmin but they told me to use this programm to delete a > >table from my mysql database. > >I've configured the file and when i try to run phpMyAdmin i can see my > >database on the left frame, however the right frame doesn't show up at all. > >(instead there's a download dialog box opening all the time). When i > >download the file and open it in notepad i get an unreadable set of > >characters > > > >what should i do to delete that table?? > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >