Hi,
The syntax for show tables from the manual is:
SHOW [FULL|OPEN] TABLES [FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern']
so whay doesnt the following query work:
SHOW TABLES LIKE REGEXP 'PID_[0-9]+';
Thanks for your help
Shaun
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