Hi Christian, Before delete teh data from old_table, just have a backup. Create table new_table_bck select * from old_table limit 50000; But i feel, instead of using limit, try to get data based on some date or other condition, so that you are sure that same data gets insert and also deleted from old table
regards anandkl On 3/30/07, Ian P. Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm trying to move data between 2 tables. > INSERT INTO new_table SELECT * FROM old_table LIMIT 50000; > DELETE FROM old_table LIMIT 50000; This is the only process that deletes data from old_table, can I be *sure* that the limit in these 2 queries will address the same data set? (if I don't limit to small numbers in the LIMIT, I/O gets too high, so I'm moving data slowly in batches) Thanks, -- Ian P. Christian ~ http://pookey.co.uk -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
