use INFORMATION_SCHEMA; show tables; Tables_in_information_schema CHARACTER_SETS COLLATIONS COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY COLUMNS COLUMN_PRIVILEGES KEY_COLUMN_USAGE ROUTINES SCHEMATA SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES STATISTICS TABLES TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TABLE_PRIVILEGES TRIGGERS VIEWS USER_PRIVILEGES show tables from INFORMATION_SCHEMA like 'T%'; Tables_in_information_schema (T%) TABLES TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TABLE_PRIVILEGES TRIGGERS create database `inf%`; use `inf%`; show tables; Tables_in_inf% drop database `inf%`;