Re: Is it necessary to compress tables?

[Jim McAtee]

> > Since I received no responses, maybe someone can take a moment to
> > explain why this is such a stupid question.
>
> Maybe not stupid, but definitely "please see the manual" questions.
>
> Answers to Question 1:
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/DELETE.html
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Optimisation.html
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/OPTIMIZE_TABLE.html
>
> Answer to Question 2:
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ALTER_TABLE.html


Hey, RTFM works for me.  I appreciate the links.  I guess I just wouldn't
normally expect an explanation of the inner workings of MySQL deletions and
table optimization under a section titled "DELETE Syntax".