My question in brief is why wouldn't the physical mysql files change in size if a substantial percentage of the records are deleted from a given table???
I have a table which contained 13.5 million records. I then deleted 6.5 million records; however, the physical file size did not change. The file size before was: 12K -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 8.7K Nov 28 2003 position_log.frm 1006M -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1005M Jul 13 15:42 position_log.MYD 233M -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 232M Jul 13 15:43 position_log.MYI The file size after deleting 6.5 M records is: -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 8.7K Nov 28 2003 /data1/mysql/positionresearch/position_log.frm -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 1005M Jul 14 07:32 /data1/mysql/positionresearch/position_log.MYD -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 232M Jul 14 07:32 /data1/mysql/positionresearch/position_log.MYI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Position Research, Inc. Search engine results by research tel: (760) 480-8291 fax: (760) 480-8271 www.PositionResearch.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
