How to clear the drupal install of an multisite installation
expatme - January 6, 2009 - 01:15
i would like to re install my database for a multisite installation....what do i need to clear in the folders for the primary site?
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nothing. the first site remains and your multisites use that code base.
what about the rubbish left
what about the rubbish left behind by the first site, i need to clear the first site
ie for re-installation
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Drop all tables from the database and delete all files from server.
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delete the database and delete all files from server.
hmmmm, i still have the
hmmmm, i still have the other sites in the same codebase !!!
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ok, then figure out which tables are from the first site: more often than not these are the ones without a prefix, unless you set a prefix on that install also.
checkmark them and drop them.
Though now you are getting into territory I've never been, so make sure you do your backups.
oh sorry, i have separate db
oh sorry, i have separate db for each site, what about the junk cache used by the first site, where are they stored?
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drupal cache is in the database, there are cache tables there.
there has to be some onsite
there has to be some onsite cache surely for css, and js
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if you had css aggregation enabled. the files it aggregates them to is in your sites/default/files folder alongw with anything else that was aggregated ie: javascript, if you had that module. As well as any files that were uploaded with the 1st site, user pictures so on so forth.
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