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MySQL: Drop all tables from Database using Script / Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 16, 2014

Few days back, I got a task to do, Task was Keep the database as it is, So that we do not have to add database users, privileges and everything again and again, Just Drop all the databases tables inside the database. If there are only few tables like 5 or 10 than it is easy to do it manually, but what if you have the 100s or 1000s of tables inside database ?

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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