5.8 ndb_delete_all — Delete All Rows from an NDB Table

ndb_delete_all deletes all rows from the given NDB table. In some cases, this can be much faster than DELETE or even TRUNCATE TABLE.

Usage

ndb_delete_all -c connection_string tbl_name -d db_name

This deletes all rows from the table named tbl_name in the database named db_name. It is exactly equivalent to executing TRUNCATE db_name.tbl_name in MySQL.

Options that can be used with ndb_delete_all are shown in the following table. Additional descriptions follow the table.

Table 5.7 Command-line options used with the program ndb_delete_all

Format	Description	Added, Deprecated, or Removed
--character-sets-dir=path	Directory containing character sets	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--connect-retries=#	Number of times to retry connection before giving up	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-retry-delay=#	Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--connect-string=connection_string, -c connection_string	Same as --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--core-file	Write core file on error; used in debugging	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--database=name, -d name	Name of the database in which the table is found	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-extra-file=path	Read given file after global files are read	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-file=path	Read default options from given file only	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--defaults-group-suffix=string	Also read groups with concat(group, suffix)	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--diskscan	Perform disk scan	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--help, -?	Display help text and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--login-path=path	Read given path from login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-connectstring=connection_string, -c connection_string	Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. Syntax: "[nodeid=id;][host=]hostname[:port]". Overrides entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string, -c connection_string	Same as --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-nodeid=#	Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--ndb-optimized-node-selection	Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable	REMOVED: 8.0.31
--no-defaults	Do not read default options from any option file other than login file	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--print-defaults	Print program argument list and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--transactional, -t	Perform delete in one single transaction; possible to run out of operations when used	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--tupscan	Perform tuple scan	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--usage, -?	Display help text and exit; same as --help	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)
--version, -V	Display version information and exit	(Supported in all NDB releases based on MySQL 8.0)

• --character-sets-dir

  Command-Line Format	--character-sets-dir=path
  Removed	8.0.31

  Directory containing character sets.

• --connect-retries

  Command-Line Format	--connect-retries=#
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	12
  Minimum Value	0
  Maximum Value	12

  Number of times to retry connection before giving up.

• --connect-retry-delay

  Command-Line Format	--connect-retry-delay=#
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	5
  Minimum Value	0
  Maximum Value	5

  Number of seconds to wait between attempts to contact management server.

• --connect-string

  Command-Line Format	--connect-string=connection_string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Same as --ndb-connectstring.

• --core-file

  Command-Line Format	--core-file
  Removed	8.0.31

  Write core file on error; used in debugging.

• --database, -d

  Command-Line Format	--database=name
  Type	String
  Default Value	TEST_DB

  Name of the database containing the table to delete from.

• --defaults-extra-file

  Command-Line Format	--defaults-extra-file=path
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Read given file after global files are read.

• --defaults-file

  Command-Line Format	--defaults-file=path
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Read default options from given file only.

• --defaults-group-suffix

  Command-Line Format	--defaults-group-suffix=string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Also read groups with concat(group, suffix).

• --diskscan

  Command-Line Format	--diskscan

  Run a disk scan.

• --help

  Command-Line Format	--help

  Display help text and exit.

• --login-path

  Command-Line Format	--login-path=path
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Read given path from login file.

• --ndb-connectstring

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-connectstring=connection_string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Set connect string for connecting to ndb_mgmd. Syntax: "[nodeid=id;][host=]hostname[:port]". Overrides entries in NDB_CONNECTSTRING and my.cnf.

• --ndb-mgmd-host

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-mgmd-host=connection_string
  Type	String
  Default Value	[none]

  Same as --ndb-connectstring.

• --ndb-nodeid

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-nodeid=#
  Type	Integer
  Default Value	[none]

  Set node ID for this node, overriding any ID set by --ndb-connectstring.

• --ndb-optimized-node-selection

  Command-Line Format	--ndb-optimized-node-selection
  Removed	8.0.31

  Enable optimizations for selection of nodes for transactions. Enabled by default; use --skip-ndb-optimized-node-selection to disable.

• --no-defaults

  Command-Line Format	--no-defaults

  Do not read default options from any option file other than login file.

• --print-defaults

  Command-Line Format	--print-defaults

  Print program argument list and exit.

• --transactional, -t

  Use of this option causes the delete operation to be performed as a single transaction.

  Warning

  With very large tables, using this option may cause the number of operations available to the cluster to be exceeded.

• --tupscan

  Run a tuple scan.

• --usage

  Command-Line Format	--usage

  Display help text and exit; same as --help.

• --version

  Command-Line Format	--version

  Display version information and exit.

In NDB 7.6 and earlier, this program printed NDBT_ProgramExit - status upon completion of its run, due to an unnecessary dependency on the NDBT testing library. This dependency has been removed in NDB 8.0, eliminating the extraneous output.