Oracle function in stored procedure to retreive particular table name

Question

Hi,
I need to delete a table 'xxsys_dram_flatproperties' from database given model name as 'dram-model'.
the model name can be any thing.corresponding table name will be[i] 'xxsys_<modelname>_flatproperties'.
I wrote stored procedure .I am able to retrieve all the tables in the database using user_tables.Is there any funtion in oracle like
if table name contains letters that are there in model name.
Pleasehelp.

Answer 1

Suppose all your tables created in the schema 'temp'
and you are absolutly sure you want to drop only tables which have for example '_model3_' in its name (nothing else should have same part in your schema)
then try a simple solution:
CREATE TABLE temp.xx_model3_01 (col1 NUMBER)
CREATE TABLE temp.xx_model3_02 (col1 NUMBER)
SELECT table_name from all_tables where OWNER = 'TEMP' and table_name LIKE '%_MODEL3_%'
TABLE_NAME                   
XX_MODEL3_01                 
XX_MODEL3_02
DECLARE
   CURSOR c1
   IS
      (SELECT table_name
         FROM all_tables
        WHERE owner = 'TEMP' AND table_name LIKE '%_MODEL3_%');
BEGIN
   FOR rec IN c1
   LOOP
      EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE ' || rec.table_name;
   END LOOP;
END;