Index: trunk/ippTools/share/pxadmin_drop_tables.sql
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/share/pxadmin_drop_tables.sql	(revision 17854)
+++ trunk/ippTools/share/pxadmin_drop_tables.sql	(revision 17854)
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;
+DROP TABLE pzDataStore;
+DROP TABLE summitExp;
+DROP TABLE summitImfile;
+DROP TABLE pzDownloadExp;
+DROP TABLE pzDownloadImfile;
+DROP TABLE newExp;
+DROP TABLE newImfile;
+DROP TABLE rawExp;
+DROP TABLE rawImfile;
+DROP TABLE guidePendingExp;
+DROP TABLE chipRun;
+DROP TABLE chipProcessedImfile;
+DROP TABLE chipMask;
+DROP TABLE camRun;
+DROP TABLE camProcessedExp;
+DROP TABLE camMask;
+DROP TABLE detRun;
+DROP TABLE detInputExp;
+DROP TABLE detProcessedImfile;
+DROP TABLE detProcessedExp;
+DROP TABLE detStackedImfile;
+DROP TABLE detNormalizedStatImfile;
+DROP TABLE detNormalizedImfile;
+DROP TABLE detNormalizedExp;
+DROP TABLE detResidImfile;
+DROP TABLE detResidExp;
+DROP TABLE detRunSummary;
+DROP TABLE detRegisteredImfile;
+DROP TABLE warpRun;
+DROP TABLE warpSkyCellMap;
+DROP TABLE warpSkyfile;
+DROP TABLE warpMask;
+DROP TABLE diffRun;
+DROP TABLE diffInputSkyfile;
+DROP TABLE diffSkyfile;
+DROP TABLE stackRun;
+DROP TABLE stackInputSkyfile;
+DROP TABLE stackSumSkyfile;
+DROP TABLE magicRun;
+DROP TABLE magicInputSkyfile;
+DROP TABLE magicTree;
+DROP TABLE magicNodeResult;
+DROP TABLE magicMask;
+DROP TABLE magicSkyfileMask;
+DROP TABLE calDB;
+DROP TABLE calRun;
+DROP TABLE flatcorrRun;
+DROP TABLE flatcorrExp;
+DROP TABLE pstampDataStore;
+DROP TABLE pstampRequest;
+DROP TABLE pstampJob;
+SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/pxadmin.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/pxadmin.c	(revision 17844)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/pxadmin.c	(revision 17854)
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "pxtools.h"
 #include "pxadmin.h"
+
+bool deleteMode(pxConfig *config);
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -39,5 +42,5 @@
     switch (config->mode) {
         case PXADMIN_MODE_RECREATE:
-            if (!pxDeleteTables(config)) {
+            if (!deleteMode(config)) {
                 goto FAIL;
             }
@@ -49,5 +52,5 @@
             break;
         case PXADMIN_MODE_DELETE:
-            if (!pxDeleteTables(config)) {
+            if (!deleteMode(config)) {
                 goto FAIL;
             }
@@ -74,2 +77,47 @@
     exit(exit_status);
 }
+
+bool deleteMode(pxConfig *config)
+{
+    PS_ASSERT_PTR_NON_NULL(config, false);
+
+    psString query = pxDataGet("pxadmin_drop_tables.sql");
+    if (!query) {
+        psError(PXTOOLS_ERR_DATA, false, "failed to retreive SQL statement");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // BEGIN
+    if (!psDBTransaction(config->dbh)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // loop over all statements in string
+    psList *statements = psStringSplit(query, ";", false);
+    psFree(query);
+
+    psString q = NULL;
+    psListIterator *iter = psListIteratorAlloc(statements, PS_LIST_HEAD, false);
+    while ((q = psListGetAndIncrement(iter))) {
+        if (!p_psDBRunQuery(config->dbh, q)) {
+            if (!psDBRollback(config->dbh)) {
+                psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            }
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+            psFree(iter);
+            psFree(statements);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    psFree(iter);
+    psFree(statements);
+
+    // COMMIT
+    if (!psDBCommit(config->dbh)) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "database error");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}