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

It's possible, but it has side-effects you might not like:

drop database ;

It means the tables' structures are deleted, as well as the indexes, stored procedures, etc., etc.

The only other way would be to write a stored procedure which loops somehow with

truncate table ;