[devtalk] table line deletions and diskspace

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> From: devtalk-bounces at lists.preshweb.co.uk [mailto:devtalk-
> bounces at lists.preshweb.co.uk] On Behalf Of joseph-harris
> Sent: 01 April 2009 13:23
> To: New home for the wdvltalk community
> Subject: [devtalk] table line deletions and diskspace
> 
> Okay, nothing else seems to get anyone's blood flowing,
> let's see if this is interesting enough.
> 
> I have spent hours deleting lines from the _text table in
> the spammed wiki. In the end I batch cancelled but observed
> that I had most certainly removed lines with over 100MB of
> space. It seems that the diskspace used has not changed
> [after consultations with the host]!
> 
> For reasons which escape me there seems no way to actually
> get to the text entry for each line, the text column
> bringing up technical parameters. I had previously, as I
> thought, deleted many entries which were very long and may
> have contained material other than text [I did not check].
> 
> This is the MediaWiki script. I intend to simply take out
> the folder and replace it, but first I need to be sure how
> to remove excess and unwanted material to free disk space.
> 
> Does anyone know what might be happening - more accurately
> not happening - here?
> 
> Joseph

Hi Joseph

To be honest I know nothing of this MediaWiki of which you speak but I
thought I'd have a hunt about... I don't know whether you are aware of it
but there is a forum dedicated to MW at http://mwusers.com/

You may already be aware of this and if you are I apologise for not bringing
something original to the party :)

Good luck with this!

Dan