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How I deleted 530 million records from a large MySQL database table hitting nearly 200GB

  • 19th January 2021
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  • MySQL, Servers
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Came across the need to perform maintenance on a MySQL database which holds millions of records, we needed to remove all data which was 2+ years old which involved deleting around 530 million records from a very large table, hitting nearly 200GB.
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Automatic MySQL database backups and zipping on windows with a bat file

  • 23rd August 2017
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  • Guides, Tutorials & How To, Hints, Tips & Techniques, MySQL
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Easily backup a windows based MySQL server using a scheduled bat file, including archiving and removal of older backups.
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Repairing damaged or crashed MySQL tables

  • 9th June 2017
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  • Hints, Tips & Techniques, MySQL
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Damaged or crashed MySQL tables due to an unsafe server shut downs, disk space limits or general MySQL failures? Do a find and find and repair on your damaged MySQL tables.
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Update user / admin password via database

WordPress: Update user / admin password via database

  • 23rd March 2016
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  • Wordpress
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Forgot your WordPress admin login details or a previous developer is unwilling to give you the WordPress login details, well the answer is very simple. As long as you have database access you can use the website below to generate a new password hashsum, simply replace the origional password value with the new hashsum and
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