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      type="topic"
      style="function"
      xmlns:api="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/api/"
      xmlns:ui="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/ui/"
      id="mongoc_database_drop">


  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="mongoc_database_t" group="function"/>
  </info>
  <title>mongoc_database_drop()</title>

  <section id="description">
    <title>Synopsis</title>
    <synopsis><code mime="text/x-csrc"><![CDATA[bool
mongoc_database_drop (mongoc_database_t *database,
                      bson_error_t      *error);
]]></code></synopsis>
    <p>This function attempts to drop a database on the MongoDB server.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="parameters">
    <title>Parameters</title>
    <table>
      <tr><td><p>database</p></td><td><p>A <link xref="mongoc_database_t">mongoc_database_t</link>.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>error</p></td><td><p>An optional location for a <link xref="bson_error_t">bson_error_t</link> or <code>NULL</code>.</p></td></tr>
    </table>
  </section>

  <section id="errors">
    <title>Errors</title>
    <p>Errors are propagated via the <code>error</code> parameter.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="return">
    <title>Returns</title>
    <p><code>true</code> if successful, otherwise <code>false</code> and <code>error</code> is set.</p>
  </section>

</page>
