Comments on: Magento: Easily and Quickly Delete All Products http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:49:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dan http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-22 Dan Mon, 10 May 2010 00:03:46 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-22 I would be careful with this. It appears all orders are also deleted. I would be careful with this. It appears all orders are also deleted.

]]> By: Sonassi http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-21 Sonassi Tue, 04 May 2010 15:24:31 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-21 You could always just just core functionality to do it, which will remove products cleanly - or it you are filtering down by attribute/category etc. We popped together a guide here: http://www.sonassi.com/knowledge-base/magento-knowledge-base/mass-delete-products-in-magento/ You could always just just core functionality to do it, which will remove products cleanly – or it you are filtering down by attribute/category etc.

We popped together a guide here: http://www.sonassi.com/knowledge-base/magento-knowledge-base/mass-delete-products-in-magento/

]]> By: Easy Caribbean Shop http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-20 Easy Caribbean Shop Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:01:51 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-20 This works really well. Thanks Ian EasyCaribbeanShop.com This works really well.

Thanks

Ian
EasyCaribbeanShop.com

]]> By: brian http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-19 brian Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:23:17 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-19 what about product images in media/catalog/products/ directory? should i remove them manually? what about product images in media/catalog/products/ directory?
should i remove them manually?

]]> By: wyattisimo http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-18 wyattisimo Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:40:11 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-18 @j,Mike,x: I disagree. It's true that best practice says editing the db directly is a bad idea, but as noted in this post, Mage has the foreign keys set to cascade. If they configured all the foreign keys properly and comprehensively (as any good db architect should), then deleting a row from catalog_product_entity will also delete its corresponding reference in catalog_category_product (or disallow the original row from being deleted if using "restrict"). @j,Mike,x: I disagree. It’s true that best practice says editing the db directly is a bad idea, but as noted in this post, Mage has the foreign keys set to cascade. If they configured all the foreign keys properly and comprehensively (as any good db architect should), then deleting a row from catalog_product_entity will also delete its corresponding reference in catalog_category_product (or disallow the original row from being deleted if using “restrict”).

]]> By: x http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-17 x Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:10:16 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-17 "j" is right. it's a bad way to do it. at some point you'll get integrity constraint errors because of the orphaned rows in other tabled. “j” is right. it’s a bad way to do it. at some point you’ll get integrity constraint errors because of the orphaned rows in other tabled.

]]> By: Mike http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-16 Mike Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:18:59 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-16 @j: Agreed. Not the correct way to do it. Several tables missing. I posted the solution back on the forum: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/20553/ @j: Agreed. Not the correct way to do it. Several tables missing.

I posted the solution back on the forum:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/20553/

]]> By: j http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-15 j Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:53:22 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-15 catalog_category_product for example catalog_category_product for example

]]> By: j http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-14 j Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:43:55 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-14 actually this is a bad way to delete all your products. There will be orphaned database rows in other tables and will clutter up your database. You need to delete all traces of products in all tables in the database. actually this is a bad way to delete all your products. There will be orphaned database rows in other tables and will clutter up your database. You need to delete all traces of products in all tables in the database.

]]> By: Hammink http://prattski.com/2008/09/25/magento-easily-and-quickly-delete-all-products/#comment-13 Hammink Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:30:24 +0000 http://devzone.pratthost.com/?p=75#comment-13 Thank you for this! I had an error where everything was deleted in the back end but products were still showing up in the front end. This 1 line solved the problem! Thanks again! Thank you for this! I had an error where everything was deleted in the back end but products were still showing up in the front end. This 1 line solved the problem! Thanks again!

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