Kip,
Monday, October 07, 2002, 4:03:05 AM, you wrote:

KK> Is it possible to do a "show tables" similar to a select statement
KK> where ...

KK> similar to: select field where anotherfield like "ABC%" gives matches
KK> for all "field" which begins with ABC

KK> I'd like to say 

KK> show tables like "ABC%"

KK> ie.  to get a list of all tables whose name begins with ABC.

Yes, you can do it exactly as you wrote above:
     http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SHOW.html


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