Select data from “show tables” MySQL query

Question

Is it possible to select from show tables in MySQL?

SELECT * FROM (SHOW TABLES) AS `my_tables`

Something along these lines, th

Answer 1

Yes, SELECT from table_schema could be very usefull for system administration. If you have lot of servers, databases, tables... sometimes you need to DROP or UPDATE bunch of elements. For example to create query for DROP all tables with prefix name "wp_old_...":

SELECT concat('DROP TABLE ', table_name, ';') FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE table_schema = '*name_of_your_database*'
AND table_name LIKE 'wp_old_%';