[development] D6 Cleaning up on module uninstall

jeff at ayendesigns.com jeff at ayendesigns.com
Wed Jan 26 23:20:03 UTC 2011


Ah, good point, thanks. I don't think the node count will be an issue, 
but the total number of files to be deleted could be.

> Jamie Holly wrote:
>
> $result = db_query("SELECT nid FROM {node} where type='{whatever my 
> custom type is}'");
> while ($row=db_fetch_object($result)){
>   node_delete($row->nid);
> }
>
> If your talking about images through imagefield, then that will delete 
> the files also.
>
> One thing to note: Depending on how many nodes you have, this can 
> choke. It is generally best to do bulk deletes like this through the 
> batch api in batches of 50 or so.


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