Drop all tables in one statement, also tables which are restricted by referential constraints
Sometimes it is needed for dev purposes to just drop all tables in a database. For example before importing an updated version for development purposes.
This sometimes fails due to referential constraints.
This script that I found somewhere just does it nicely.
use at your own risc.
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `drop_all_tables`;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE `drop_all_tables`()
BEGIN
DECLARE _done INT DEFAULT FALSE;
DECLARE _tableName VARCHAR(255);
DECLARE _cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT table_name
FROM information_schema.TABLES
WHERE table_schema = SCHEMA();
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET _done = TRUE;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
OPEN _cursor;
REPEAT FETCH _cursor INTO _tableName;
IF NOT _done THEN
SET @stmt_sql = CONCAT('DROP TABLE ', _tableName);
PREPARE stmt1 FROM @stmt_sql;
EXECUTE stmt1;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt1;
END IF;
UNTIL _done END REPEAT;
CLOSE _cursor;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
call drop_all_tables();
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `drop_all_tables`;