Delete data from all tables in MYSQL

Question

I have 100 tables, 40,000 rows in each table. I want to go into MySQL and delete all rows from all tables.

...in 1 statement, if p

Answer 1

The most robust way to clear all tables in a database was submitted by kostanos in How to remove all MySQL tables from the command-line without DROP database permissions?

Since the code below clears all tables in the current database you might want to select a different database before you proceed.

USE DATABASE_YOU_WANT_TO_CLEAR;

Following snippet will remove data from the tables even in presence of foreign key constraints. You might also want to double check the list of tables before actual cleanup, just in case if you forgot to select proper database.

-- save current foreign key settings and disable foreign key checks
SET @OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@@FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS, FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;
SET GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN=32768;  -- you never know how people name their tables
SET @tables = NULL;
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('`', table_name, '`') INTO @tables
  FROM information_schema.tables
  WHERE table_schema = (SELECT DATABASE());  -- operates on the current DB
SELECT IFNULL(@tables,'dummy') INTO @tables;  -- avoid error if there are no tables

-- At this point you might want to double check the list of tables
-- to be cleared.  Run SELECT @tables; to do so.

SET @tables = CONCAT('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', @tables);
PREPARE stmt FROM @tables;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=@OLD_FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS;