Can somebody tell me where I am going wrong with this code? I am trying to delete all the data from every table in the database by importing the data coming from show tables into a query that deletes all the data. (there is probably another way, using the informa_schema, I'll try that if nobody can answer this one) Thanks

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: " . $db
+h->errstr();
            $sth->execute($row[0]) or die "Cannot execute: " . $sth->e
+rrstr();

        }
    }
    $query->finish();
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