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<h1 class="refname">fbsql_drop_db</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.6, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fbsql_drop_db</span> — <span class="dc-title">Drop (delete) a FrontBase database</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fbsql_drop_db</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$database_name</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span>
] )</div>
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<span class="function"><strong>fbsql_drop_db()</strong></span> attempts to drop (remove) an entire
database from the server associated with the specified link identifier.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">database_name</code></em></span>
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The database name, as a string.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link_identifier</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">A FrontBase link identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> or
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-pconnect.html" class="function">fbsql_pconnect()</a></span>.</p><p class="para">If optional and not specified,
the function will try to find an open link to the FrontBase server and if no
such link is found it will try to create one as if
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> was called with no arguments.</p>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-create-db.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_create_db()</a> - Create a FrontBase database</span></li>
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