Drop multiple tables in one shot in mysql

Question

How to drop multiple tables from one single database at one command. something like,

> use test; 

> drop table a,b,c;

where a,b,c are the tables from database test.

Answer 1

For Example:

Assume table A has two children B and C. Then you can use the following syntax to drop all the tables:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS B, C, A;

This can be placed at the beginning of the script instead of individually dropping each table.