Deleting a table

Deleting a table is performed in 2 steps internally:

  1. Table is cleared (similar to TRUNCATE)
  2. All table files are removed from the table folder. All the external table files that were used by the table (such as wordforms, extensions or stopwords) are also deleted. Note that these external files are copied to the table folder when CREATE TABLE is used, so the original files specified in CREATE TABLE will not be deleted.

Deleting a table is possible only when the server is running in the RT mode. It is possible to delete RT tables, PQ tables and distributed tables.

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DROP TABLE products;
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Response
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

Here is the syntax of the DROP TABLE statement in SQL:

DROP TABLE [IF EXISTS] index_name

When deleting a table via SQL, adding IF EXISTS can be used to delete the table only if it exists. If you try to delete a non-existing table with the IF EXISTS option, nothing happens.

When deleting a table via PHP, you can add an optional silent parameter which works the same as IF EXISTS.

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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS products;
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{u'error': u'', u'total': 0, u'warning': u''}

Emptying a table

The table can be emptied with a TRUNCATE TABLE SQL statement or with a truncate() PHP client function.

Here is the syntax for the SQL statement:

TRUNCATE TABLE index_name [WITH RECONFIGURE]

When this statement is executed, it clears the RT table completely. It disposes the in-memory data, unlinks all the table data files, and releases the associated binary logs.

A table can also be emptied with DELETE FROM index WHERE id>0, but it's not recommended as it's slower than TRUNCATE.

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TRUNCATE TABLE products;
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Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

One of the possible uses of this command is before attaching a table.

When RECONFIGURE option is used new tokenization, morphology, and other text processing settings specified in the config take effect after the table gets cleared. In case the schema declaration in config is different from the table schema the new schema from config got applied after table get cleared.

With this option clearing and reconfiguring a table becomes one atomic operation.

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TRUNCATE TABLE products with reconfigure;
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Response
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

Manticore cluster

Manticore Search is a highly distributed system that provides all the necessary components to create a highly available and scalable database for search. This includes:

Manticore Search offers great flexibility in terms of how you set up your cluster. There are no limitations, so it's up to you to design your cluster according to your needs. Simply learn about the tools mentioned above and use them to achieve your desired goal.