I apologize in advance if the question is too dummies. I have access to the Discourse database (through the plugin). Can I delete some of the posts (which I myself created in large quantities during testing) using the query? delete from posts where id in (123, 567, ... etc) Is it safe to perform…

[image] Arimov: I have access to the Discourse database (through the plugin). If you are accessing the database through the Data Explorer plugin, that plugin only allows read-only queries. It is not possible to use it to write to the database. It is possible to fully delete posts from the Ra…

I am not expert in this engine, but i suppose that it is not safe, because like that you will only delete entry from posts table, and one post can have linked entries in other tables, and alot of meta information, linked to that post_id. And later on something might break. So you should use integrat…

Thanks Nikolay. I also think .. But suddenly real experts on this application will come, and they will say - feel free to delete! )))

Except that no experts say it is OK: It is not recommended. It is not on the Discourse roadmap and there are no plans to add it. It is not being developed because a permanent delete cannot be undone. Nobody has paid to have this feature developed. Nobody who has asked for it has developed this fe…

I would not call myself an expert, but I have looked at, analyzed, and played with files and code a fair bit over the years. I have seen enough to convince myself that on my own I am not knowledgeable enough to do more than experiment in localhost. What I have seen, and not seen, cause pause. I ha…

Also, [image] If I want to completely delete a post, I should just hide them? Support Hard deleting a post using .destroy is the recommended way. I will not break stuff in Discourse, there are jobs that ensure consistency. There may be some inconsistency …

Is it possible to delete posts from the database?

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Canapin (Coin-coin le Canapin) January 28, 2020, 8:47pm 7

Also,

But that would be pointless in op’s case.

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