[consulting] quick advice on db flush

[Mahmoud Fawzy]

... if you look next to those tables sizes there is an overhead column ...
those overheads can be removed by optimizing the tables through php my
admin this will Remove the overheads :)  see this for more details
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/565997/in-mysql-what-does-overhead-mean-what-is-bad-about-it-and-how-to-fix-it
On Oct 10, 2013 8:58 AM, "Paola Di Maio" <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks for the offlist replies
> I have cleared the cache ad watchdog tables, approx 6 gb but
> the db size has not gone down one bit
> any ideas why?
> thanks
> PDM
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> excuse me good people o this list
>>
>> my admin is away, ad I need to quickly and urgently flush
>> the database which has grown to exceed my quota in his absence
>>
>> can someone advise if I can empty the following tables
>> without killing the site?
>>
>> access log
>> search index
>> cache  filter
>> node revisions
>>
>> thanks a lot
>> PDM
>>
>>
>>
>>
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