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kofoid · #1 05-15-2006, 04:52 PM

Is there a hack or a way to prune posts and maintain your current post count?

peterska2 · #2 05-15-2006, 04:55 PM

Not that I am aware of.

A good way of dealing with these is to simply move them into a hidden forum. This doesn't affect postcounts, they look deleted, and they are still in the database in case you later change your mind.

kofoid · #3 05-15-2006, 05:01 PM

That is an excellent idea!! However my problem is that whenever I try to backup my databse, it ALWAYS times out on the "post" table. grrr

peterska2 · #4 05-15-2006, 05:02 PM

How are you backing up? Via the ACP? Try phpmyadmin instead.

kofoid · #5 05-15-2006, 05:12 PM

Yeah I was doing it via the admin CP - I installed that nifty auto-backup hack and it fails almost every night due to sql timeouts. I will see if I can figure out the phpmyadmin way instead. Thanks!

peterska2 · #6 05-15-2006, 05:14 PM

generally it's click on the database name, export, select all, save

kofoid · #7 05-15-2006, 05:17 PM

Thanks Peter! Where does the file go?

peterska2 · #8 05-15-2006, 05:19 PM

it should download and land somewhere on your PC depending on where you have your downloads set to be recieved.

if the database is rather big, try doing it as a sql.gz file as that compresses it as it goes along.

kofoid · #9 05-15-2006, 05:29 PM

Worked like a charm! Thank you!

peterska2 · #10 05-15-2006, 05:30 PM

no prob. happy to help.

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