How to DELETE large number of rows in InnoDB without increasing the undo logs

(Doc ID 2038071.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 06, 2017

Applies to:

MySQL Server - Version 4.0 to 5.7 [Release 4.0 to 5.7]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

 Simple method to DELETE large number of rows from an InnoDB table without growing the tablespace.

Solution

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