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

in MySql 5.1 you can try

show tables like 'user%';

output:

mysql> show tables like 'user%';

+----------------------------+

| Tables_in_test (user%) |

+----------------------------+

| user                       |

| user_password              |

+----------------------------+

2 rows in set (0.00 sec)