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need drop table syntax
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sleipnir214
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To the best of my knowledge, the functionality of dropping tables by wildcard does not exist in MySQL.
What I've done in the past is to write a script which connects to the server, selects the appropriate database, perform a SHOW TABLES query, then use the appropriate tablenames returned to issue a set of DROP TABLE queries back to the same server.
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What I've done in the past is to write a script which connects to the server, selects the appropriate database, perform a SHOW TABLES query, then use the appropriate tablenames returned to issue a set of DROP TABLE queries back to the same server.
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TANSTAAFL!!
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