Hi, I can confirm this on Linux i386 with official binaries on MyISAM tables:
mysql> check table blast; DELETE FROM +----------------+-------+----------+----------+ | Table | Op | Msg_type | Msg_text | +----------------+-------+----------+----------+ | test_mmo.blast | check | status | OK | +----------------+-------+----------+----------+ 1 row in set (3.40 sec) mysql> LOCK TABLES blast write; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> DELETE FROM blast; Query OK, 69549 rows affected (0.10 sec) mysql> select count(*) from blast; +----------+ | count(*) | +----------+ | 0 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.04 sec) mysql> OPTIMIZE TABLE blast; +----------------+----------+----------+----------------------------------------+ | Table | Op | Msg_type | Msg_text | +----------------+----------+----------+----------------------------------------+ | test_mmo.blast | optimize | warning | Number of rows changed from 0 to 69549 | | test_mmo.blast | optimize | status | OK | +----------------+----------+----------+----------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.03 sec) mysql> select count(*) from blast; +----------+ | count(*) | +----------+ | 0 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> check table blast; +----------------+-------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Table | Op | Msg_type | Msg_text | +----------------+-------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | test_mmo.blast | check | error | Size of indexfile is: 1024 Should be: 10120192 | | test_mmo.blast | check | error | Size of datafile is: 0 Should be: 92046876 | | test_mmo.blast | check | error | Corrupt | +----------------+-------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php