MySQL: Error dropping database (errno 13; errno 17; errno 39)

Question

I failed to drop a database:

mysql> drop database mydb;
ERROR 1010 (HY000): Error dropping database (can\'t rmdir \'./mydb\', errno: 39)

Directory db/m

Answer 1

in linux , Just go to "/var/lib/mysql" right click and (open as adminstrator), find the folder corresponding to your database name inside mysql folder and delete it. that's it. Database is dropped.