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MySQL - delete all tables in a database
SET @dbName = 'db_name';
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
SET @tables = NULL;
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(table_schema, '.', table_name) INTO @tables
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = @dbName; -- specify DB name here.
SET @tables = CONCAT('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', @tables);
PREPARE stmt FROM @tables;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;
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