Oct 062010
Show all tables started with a prefix in MySQL
Answer:
If your database has a lot of tables, and you want to list all the tables started with a name prefix, you can try:
mysql> SHOW TABLES LIKE 'cache%';
+--------------------------------+
| Tables_in_mydb (cache%) |
+--------------------------------+
| cache |
| cache_block |
| cache_bootstrap |
| cache_field |
| cache_filter |
| cache_form |
| cache_image |
| cache_menu |
| cache_page |
| cache_path |
| cache_update |
+--------------------------------+
11 rows in set (0.00 sec)
