MySQL OPTIMIZE all tables?

Question

MySQL has an OPTIMIZE TABLE command which can be used to reclaim unused space in a MySQL install. Is there a way (built-in command or common stored procedure) to run this o

Answer 1

my 2cents: start with table with highest fragmentation

for table in `mysql -sss -e "select concat(table_schema,".",table_name) from information_schema.tables where table_schema not in ('mysql','information_schema','performance_schema') order by data_free desc;"
do
mysql -e "OPTIMIZE TABLE $table;"
done