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+4  Q: 

what if I delete information_schema database from mySQL?

I'm curious to know, "what if I delete information_schema database from mySQL?"

+2  A: 

Nothing. It is a bunch of views, not a real tables.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/information-schema.html

So you cannot use data modification queries on it.

zerkms  2010-10-20 05:29:33
Seems it can't effect to the whole mySQL, right?
ppshein  2010-10-20 06:14:21
Correct. You can only read the data from it.
zerkms  2010-10-20 06:25:43
Cos, I want to delete this information_schema and create new database due to my hosting allows me to create only two databases.
ppshein  2010-10-20 07:04:39
@ppshein, it should not count to your database limit because there is only one information_schema database per server and it has no owner.
FractalizeR  2010-10-20 07:55:08

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