On Friday 03 January 2003 19:14, aman raheja wrote: > How can I delete all tables starting with prefix 'abc' in the MySQL > database (there > are about 200 such tables). > Wild cards?
Nope. You should use list of all tables in the DROP TABLE command if you want to do it only with MySQL. > Or if I just delete the files from the location where all the MySQL > database tables are > stored, what would happen ? Deleting a file is not a best way to drop the table, it's probably the worst one. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
