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Created May 27, 2013 14:25
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DROP TABLES (all) SQL statement for situations where dropping DB is not possible
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
SET @tables = NULL;
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(table_schema, '.', table_name) INTO @tables
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = 'replacenameofdb'; -- specify DB name here.
SET @tables = CONCAT('DROP TABLE ', @tables);
PREPARE stmt FROM @tables;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
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