Drop multiple databases with names matching a pattern

Question

I want to drop all the databases starting with a word.

abc
xyz
cms_db1
cms_db2
cms_xyz
pqr

In the example given above, I will like to drop all

Answer 1

Here's a pure mySQL solution in two queries:

SELECT CONCAT('DROP DATABASE `', SCHEMA_NAME, '`;')
FROM `information_schema`.`SCHEMATA`
WHERE SCHEMA_NAME LIKE 'cms_%';

Then copy and paste the resulting recordset and run