How to use the name of the current database to delete it in MySQL?

To get the current database, you can use the SELECT DATABASE() −

select database();

Following is the syntax −

set @anyVariableName = database();
select @anyVariableName;
set @anyVariableName2 = concat('drop database ', @yourVariableName);
prepare anyVariableName3 from @yourVariableName2;
execute yourVariableName3;

Let us execute the above query in order to get current database and delete it −

mysql> set @currentDatabase = database();
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @currentDatabase;
+------------------+
| @currentDatabase |
+------------------+
| employeeonboard  |
+------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> set @sqlQuery = concat('drop database ', @currentDatabase);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> prepare stmt from @sqlQuery;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)
Statement prepared

mysql> execute stmt;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)

In order to check whether the database exists now, use the SELECT DATABASE() −

mysql> select database();

This will produce the following output −

+------------+
| database() |
+------------+
| NULL       |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)