Re: [phpesp-general] Deleting surveys

[James E. F. <jf...@ac...>]

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Brendan Lloyd wrote:

> > Can't you use the "Test" feature? That way people can test
> > it, but the responses are removed when you are done testing
> > (and go back to editing, or activation).
> >
> > You can also use the undocumented "purge" page.
> >   http://yourhost/path/to/esp/manage.php?where=purge
>
> If it is undocumented, what does it do?
>
> From the looks of survey_purge.inc it allows the administrator to select
> particular sids (survey IDs) to delete but I'm not game to try it until I
> know for sure.
>
> I wish I'd thought to ask this question two days ago: sure beats the
> hell out of going into mysql and truncating tables (etc)!

It does what it says at the top of the page.

"This page is not directly on the main menu because it is
dangerous. This completely removes everything about a
survey from the database forever. All question info,
general info, results, etc. are purged from the database.
Do not do anything here that you are not completely certain
about. There is no confirmation, there is no turning back."

Enjoy. Don't do anything you'll regret.
-James