-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kent West wrote: > I have a lot of tables in a mysql database starting with "phpWeb"; I > want to delete them. I can delete them one-by-one with a command like: > > drop table phpWebmod_modules; > > Rather than trying to delete all 20-30 similar tables, a wildcard > command would be really nice hear. I've been googling for the last > couple of hours, and haven't found the solution. Yes, I've tried * and % > and putting the names in single-quotes, as in > > drop table phpWeb% > drop table phpWeb* > drop table 'phpWeb*' > drop table 'phpWeb%'
Are there compound statements in MySQL? for :x as each row of select table_name from syscatalog where sysrelation starting with 'phpWeb' do drop table :x.table_name cascade; end for; - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEj5zWS9HxQb37XmcRAjsIAJ46ubtPlKaBQ9sCFYJOQMJaNNbg1ACeNujW YlAEokfuiXdDZomChYbBPIg= =ex1G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]