SQL: deleting tables with prefix

Question

How to delete my tables who all have the prefix myprefix_?

Note: need to execute it in phpMyAdmin

Answer 1

You can do that in one command with MySQL:

drop table myprefix_1, myprefix_2, myprefix_3;

You'll probably have to build the table list dynamically in code though.

An alternative approach would be to use the general purpose routine library for MySQL 5.