Call the DeleteDatabase API to delete a database from an RDS instance - ApsaraDB RDS

This operation must meet the following requirements:

The instance is in the running state.
The instance is a master instance.
The database engine is MySQL, SQL Server, or MariaDB.

Note This operation is not applicable to ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL. You can run the DROP DATABASE SQL statement to delete databases.

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Request parameters


Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	DeleteDatabase	The operation that you want to perform. Set this parameter to DeleteDatabase.
DBInstanceId	String	Yes	rm-uf6wjk5xxxxxxx	The ID of the instance.
DBName	String	Yes	testdb01	The name of the database.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
RequestId	String	07F6177E-6DE4-408A-BB4F-0723301340F3	The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests


http(s)://rds.aliyuncs.com/? Action=DeleteDatabase
&DBInstanceId=rm-uf6wjk5xxxxxxx 
&DBName=testdb01
&<Common request parameters>

Successful response examples

XML format

<DeleteDatabaseResponse>
	  <RequestId>07F6177E-6DE4-408A-BB4F-0723301340F3</RequestId></DeleteDatabaseResponse>

JSON format

{
	"RequestId":"07F6177E-6DE4-408A-BB4F-0723301340F3"
}

Error codes

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