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Drop, Clear Tables/Fields


DaVuLf

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I was wondering if there is php code that can drop tables or clear all records from them. I'm doing alot of testing, and I need pretty blank or non-existent tables when I start this for real. As such, I need to continually go through phpMyAdmin in order to clear records, and delete tables.

Is there a way to set up a query to DROP table1, table2, table3, table3 or SELECT * FROM table4 DELETE.

Anything similar to those would be great.

Thanks,
DaVuLF :)
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[!--quoteo(post=377919:date=May 28 2006, 05:07 PM:name=fenway)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(fenway @ May 28 2006, 05:07 PM) [snapback]377919[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
You can always call a TRUNCATE TABLE statement if you want to empty the table out -- it's faster than DELETE anyway. Same goes for DROP. But I don't know what you mean by PHP code -- it's just a MySQL statement that you need to issue via the DB layer.
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Well, I'm using php right. So say I have a file called 'Clear.php' with a submit button on it, I'd like that post action to truncate and drop some tables.
[!--quoteo(post=377954:date=May 28 2006, 09:05 PM:name=fenway)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(fenway @ May 28 2006, 09:05 PM) [snapback]377954[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
OK -- still, it's just issuing commands; you can write whatever wrapper you desire.
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I don't mean to sound beliggerent, but I just started using PHP the day I registered with this forum. I tried searching for the syntax to do that, but I have no idea.

Thanks anyways :).
PHP has a whole set of functions for interfacing with MySQL -- mysql_query() to run queries, mysql_fetch_assoc() to retrieve result sets, etc. There are many resources -- both on this forum, the web, and in the PHP documentation -- that cover this is more detail. I'm not really that good at PHP at all, so I'm not the right guy to ask.

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