How to drop an index in mysql with index name 'index'?

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I am droping an index on a table but its throwing error.

Alter table cust_branch_item_stock Drop index  index;

Error Code: 1064. 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 'index' at line 1

What I have tried:

I changed the syntax to like this

<pre>Alter table cust_branch_item_stock Drop index  index;

but still same error

is there any way to do this to execute successfully

any help world be greatfull

Posted 18-Jul-19 17:33pm

Member 11337367

Updated 18-Jul-19 19:27pm

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Graeme_Grant · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-18T19:27:00

Solution 1

The syntax is

SQL

ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP INDEX index_name;

You have:

SQL

Alter table cust_branch_item_stock Drop index  index

is your index called index?

I would expect something more like:

SQL

Alter table `cust_branch_item_stock` Drop index `idx_<<tablename>>_<<column_name(s)>>`

Posted 18-Jul-19 19:27pm

Graeme_Grant

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Member 11337367 19-Jul-19 1:48am

yes my index name is index only

Graeme_Grant 19-Jul-19 2:47am

Index is a reserved keyword. Look at my answer more closely... use

`index`

to indicate that it is not a keyword.

Member 11337367 19-Jul-19 2:49am

thank you

Graeme_Grant 19-Jul-19 2:59am

you are welcome