declare a varchar2(500); tname varchar2(50); begin a:='select table_name from user_tables where table_name like ''abc%'''; execute immediate a into tname; dbms_output.put_line('Table name is: '||tname); execute immediate 'drop table "'||tname||'"'; dbms_output.put_line(a); end; / # Change ''abc%'' to a valid string for your table