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mysqladmin -u root -p'old-password' password 'new-password'

Useful for scripting to drop all tables and deletes the database: mysqladmin -u[username] -p[password] drop [database] Use with extreme caution. To DROP database as a SQL Script (you will need DROP privilege on that database): DROP DATABASE database_name or DROP SCHEMA database_name

RENAME TABLE t TO t_old, t_copy TO t; No other sessions can access the tables involved while RENAME TABLE executes, so the rename operation is not subject to concurrency problems. Atomic Rename is especially for completely reloading a table without waiting for DELETE and load to finish: CREATE ...