title: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '-db'
body: <p>I'm trying to delete a database inside an RDS MySQL instance and I get the following error . Can someone kindly help me resolve this issue</p>
  
  <pre><code>  [ec2-user@ip-10-10-1-14 ~]$ mysql -h wda2d.cmkridjjwpjp.ap-southeast-2.rds.amazonaws.com -u happy-p
    Enter password:
    Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
    Your MySQL connection id is 6241
    Server version: 5.6.19-log MySQL Community Server (GPL)
  
    Copyright (c) 2000, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  
    Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
    affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
    owners.
  
    Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
  
    mysql&gt; show databases;
    +-----------------------+
    | Database              |
    +-----------------------+
    | information_schema    |
    | database              |
    | innodb                |
    | mysql                 |
    | performance_schema    |
    | richard-db            |
    | word-db               |
    | wordpress-db          |
    +-----------------------+
    10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  
    mysql&gt; DROP DATABASE wordpress-db;
    ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the   manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to       use near '-db' at line 1
    mysql&gt; Ctrl-C -- exit!
    Aborted
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