Drop all tables command

Question

What is the command to drop all tables in SQLite?

Similarly I\'d like to drop all indexes.

Answer 1

I can't say this is the most bulletproof or portable solution, but it works for my testing scripts:

.output /tmp/temp_drop_tables.sql
select 'drop table ' || name || ';' from sqlite_master where type = 'table';
.output stdout
.read /tmp/temp_drop_tables.sql
.system rm /tmp/temp_drop_tables.sql

This bit of code redirects output to a temporary file, constructs the 'drop table' commands that I want to run (sending the commands to the temp file), sets output back to standard out, then executes the commands from the file, and finally removes the file.