mySQL drop-tabeller med jokertegn, der kun bruger SQL-sætning?

Du kan bruge dynamisk SQL til at gøre det i en lagret procedure. Det ville se sådan ud (utestet):

CREATE PROCEDURE drop_like (IN pattern VARCHAR(64))
BEGIN
  DECLARE q tinytext;
  DECLARE done INT DEFAULT FALSE;
  DECLARE cur CURSOR FOR
    SELECT CONCAT('DROP TABLE "', table_schema, '"."', table_name, '"')
    FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_type = 'BASE TABLE' AND table_name LIKE pattern;
  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = TRUE;
  OPEN cur;

  drop_loop: LOOP
    FETCH cur INTO q;
    IF done THEN
      LEAVE drop_loop;
    END IF;
    PREPARE stmt FROM @q;
    EXECUTE stmt;
    DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
  END LOOP;
  CLOSE cur;
END;