Sure you can. show tables like 's%' from mydatabase;
Iikka Meriläinen wrote: >On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Inbal Ovadia wrote: > > > >>Hi all, >>There is a way to know if I have table x in my db? >>Let's say some catalog tables that hold information about the db like tables >>name etc. >>and i can do query like "select tables from catalogName" and get all the >>tables in the db >> >> > >Hi, > >I guess that's not possible. > >SHOW TABLES shows your tables in the database, but unfortunately you can't >do something like SELECT * FROM (SHOW TABLES) WHERE Tables_in_xx = >'blahblah' > >Of course you can create a table that contains metadata for your tables, but >you would have to update it manually. Or you could have an external program >scanning your data directories for added/removed table files. > >Regards, >Iikka > >****************************************** >* Iikka Meriläinen * >* E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * >* Vaala, Finland * >****************************************** > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
