mysql: Drop all tables by prefix

drop-by-prefix.sql

SET GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN=10000;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
SET @tbls = (SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT('`', TABLE_NAME, '`'))
           FROM information_schema.TABLES
          WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'tablename_goes_here'
            AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'thetableprefix_%');
SET @delStmt = CONCAT('DROP TABLE ',  @tbls);
-- SELECT @delStmt;
PREPARE stmt FROM @delStmt;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;