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Collin Hsu wrote:
> As the database of my Wiki grows biger and biger in size, I wonder if I can
> delete some useless pages permanently from the database.

Delete the page using the normal page deletion feature, then clear out
the archive table (where deleted revisions are stored):

DELETE FROM archive;

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Thank you!

But can I just delete some earlier histories of a page and keep the later
and current page?


Collin
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Is it possible to delete a page permanently
fromthe database?

Collin Hsu wrote:
> As the database of my Wiki grows biger and biger in size, I wonder if
> I can delete some useless pages permanently from the database.

Delete the page using the normal page deletion feature, then clear out the
archive table (where deleted revisions are stored):

DELETE FROM archive;

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)