MySQL: Check if the user exists and drop it

Question

There’s not standard way to check if a MySQL user exists and based on that drop it. Are there any workarounds for this?

Edit: I need a straight way to run this wi

Answer 1

This worked for me:

GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'username'@'localhost';
DROP USER 'username'@'localhost';

This creates the user if it doesn't already exist (and grants it a harmless privilege), then deletes it either way. Found solution here: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=19166

Updates: @Hao recommends adding IDENTIFIED BY; @andreb (in comments) suggests disabling NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER.