my $query = $dbh->prepare('SHOW TABLES'); if (defined($query)) { $query->execute(); my @row; while (@row = $query->fetchrow_array()) { $sql = qq|delete from ?|; $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql) or die "Cannot prepare: " . $dbh->errstr(); $sth->execute($row[0]) or die "Cannot execute: " . $sth->errstr(); } } $query->finish();