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

I just wanted to post the exact SQL I used - it's something of a mixture of the top 3 answers:

SET GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN=10000;

SET @del = (
    SELECT      CONCAT('DROP TABLE ', GROUP_CONCAT(TABLE_NAME), ';')
    FROM        information_schema.TABLES

    WHERE       TABLE_SCHEMA = 'database_name'
    AND         TABLE_NAME LIKE 'prefix_%'
);

PREPARE stmt FROM @del;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;