hey! How do i keep only last 3 months’ data and purge the rest? Via admin console? Thanks.

What data? What problem are you solving?

Thank you for your reply. We are trying to see how we can reduce the db size on our stage environment.

You’d have to restore the whole database, so what’s the point? And if you deleted a bunch of data then it wouldn’t be useful as a test of what’s on production? But there is a PostDestroyer and you could do a User.where(something).destroy_all, but that doesn’t seem very useful What do you think you…

yes, i just want last one month’s data. I dont need the rest.

[image] Jay Pfaffman: Maybe you just want to generate some bogus data? I think there is a rake task for that Yes, there’s a task: [image] Set up a staging server ./launcher enter app ALLOW_DEV_POPULATE=1 bundle install ALLOW_DEV_POPULATE=1 rake dev:populate

How to purge data older than 3months?

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) March 2, 2025, 10:05am 6

Yes, there’s a task:

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How to purge data older than 3months?

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