Deleting a Database

Function

This API is used to delete a database from a specified DB instance.

• Before calling an API, you need to understand the API in Authentication.

Constraints

• This operation cannot be performed when the DB instance is in any of the following statuses: creating, changing instance class, changing port, frozen, or abnormal.

• For any database and account created using methods other than the RDS console and APIs, if the database name and account name do not meet the database naming rules (see Table 2) and account naming rules (see Table 2), for example, containing Chinese characters or unsupported special characters, the database and account cannot be managed through the RDS console or APIs.
• In migration scenarios, if any database name and account name of the source database do not meet the database naming rules (see Table 2) and account naming rules (see Table 2), the database and account cannot be managed through the RDS console or APIs after being migrated to the destination RDS for MySQL database.

URI

• URI format

  DELETE /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/database/{db_name}

• Parameter description

  Table 1 Parameter description

  Name	Mandatory	Description
  project_id	Yes	Project ID of a tenant in a region. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
  instance_id	Yes	Specifies the DB instance ID.
  db_name	Yes	Specifies the name of the database to be deleted.

Request

Empty request body.

Example Request

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v3/0483b6b16e954cb88930a360d2c4e663/instances/dsfae23fsfdsae3435in01/database/rds-test

{}

Response

• Normal response

  Table 2 Parameter description

  Name	Type	Description
  resp	String	Returns successful if the invoking is successful.

• Example normal response

  {
      "resp": "successful"
  }

• Abnormal response

  For details, see Abnormal Request Results.

Status Code

• Normal

  202

• Abnormal

  For details, see Status Codes.

Error Code

For details, see Error Codes.