vb.org Archive - View Single Post - Deleting threads in PhpMyAdmin or mysql command line

dreamygirl · #1 02-10-2012, 10:22 AM

Can I delete lots of threads this way, or will it be a hassles because of counters and so many affected tables? I want to be able to repeat the process many times, so the speed matters. Also the database is big and I want to only keep a fraction of the threads.

It's great if I could simply tell mysql to drop all the data that matches my time stamp criteria. Could I just run that on the big tables (post, postedithistory, postparsed, and thread) and leave the other data? For this purpose it's fine if my data tables are bloated with extraneous data, as long as it doesn't cause errors. I really want a quick way and don't mind the extra disk space or the DB being a little slower.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01235 seconds Memory Usage 1,755KB Queries Executed 11 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_box (1)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)post_thanks_postbit_info (1)postbit (1)postbit_onlinestatus (1)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showpost.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_postinfo_query fetch_postinfo fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showpost_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create postbit_factory showpost_post postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start showpost_complete
Messages: