diff --git a/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php b/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
index 2ca1c429d..ed52d0b89 100644
--- a/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
+++ b/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php
@@ -639,6 +639,13 @@ class MySQLDatabase extends Database {
 		return 'int(11) not null auto_increment';
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the SQL command to get all the tables in this database
+	 */
+	function allTablesSQL(){
+		return "SHOW TABLES;";
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Returns true if the given table is exists in the current database 
 	 * NOTE: Experimental; introduced for db-abstraction and may changed before 2.4 is released.