Tables existence check query is executed in large quantities

When Rails starts, tables existence check query is executed number of models.
In case of mysql,

    SHOW TABLES LIKE 'table1';
    SHOW TABLES LIKE 'table2';
    SHOW TABLES LIKE 'table3';
    ...
    SHOW TABLES LIKE 'table999';

Add process to get the names of all tables by one query.
right.. in that case we would still need the line that check table_exists?

However, how do we deal with table deletes now?, if it is already on the cache.