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Drop all MySQL database tables without foreign key checks
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drop-all-db-tables.txt
### connect mysql with -s and -r parameter to print "DROP TABLE ..." lines without formated
mysql -u -s -r
### run the following sql query to generate "DROP TABLE ..." queries
SELECT concat('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', table_name, ';')
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = '{DBNAME}';
### disable foreign key check
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
### copy-paste your "DROP TABLE ..." sql queries
### enable foreign key check again
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;
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