How to undo a query execution in phpmyadmin

Question

How to undo a query execution in phpmyadmin.

Any rollback functionality is there? any body knows the solution kindly help me?

Answer 1

If the statement is still running you can use KILL QUERY <thread_id> .

If the statement has completed but you have not yet committed the transaction you can use ROLLBACK .

If the statement has completed and the transaction is already committed (or you didn't start a transaction) then restore the data from your most recent backup.

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Also here are some tips advice in order to prevent this type of situation happening in the first place:

• When writing a DELETE or UPDATE always write the WHERE clause first so that you don't forget it.
• Test your WHERE clause in a SELECT statement to make sure you are updating the correct rows.
• If you know you should only be updating one row then you can add LIMIT 1 to your UPDATE statement. Then if despite using the above techniques you still have an error at least only one row will be affected, not the entire database.

Answer 2

您可以转到processes页面并按“kill”

Answer 3

如果你删除了一些东西，那么我不认为它会回来，除非你有备份。我知道在 sql 中你有时可以在你提交一系列 SQL 命令之前摆脱 ROLLBACK 调用，但只在事务中，你必须让它们先启动（phpMyAdmin 不使用）。

Answer 4

If you need the ability to restore previous data back prior to a committed update, then you could refactor your database using update and delete triggers to store the old data in an archive table with a current date/timestamp or (preferably) a transaction id value (and ensure that inserts always store a current date/timestamp or transaction id value)... effectively maintaining an entire history of every change made to your database. Beware, your database will grow at an incredible rate... this is only really a solution for mission-critical data where the history is essential, because it takes a lot of effort to implement, and a lot of expensive disk space to maintain. Even then, it can get very complex if there have been subsequent updates to the affected data; and you may need to "lose" those when reverting to a previous history.

I can only think of a very few systems that implement this type of history maintenance... eg Oracle Financials or HR.

ALternatively, there are some databases (I used to work with the old DEC RDBMS) that can maintain RUJs (Run Unit Journals) which can then be used to restore from a backup and up to a set time/transaction. However MySQL doesn't fall into this category. Again, it requires a lot of disk space, and is only practical when you do regular backups of your data, and the recovery process is more complex. MySQL (as far as I'm aware) doesn't support this feature.

For most people, the more practical approach is a simple restore from backup, possibly followed by some manual recreation. Unfortunately, most people these days don't even take backups.

Answer 5

If you've already committed the transaction, there is no way of “undoing” it, I'm afraid. That's one of the core principles of ACID. If you haven't committed it: just do a rollback , and you're fine.

You'll need to restore you data from a backup – or if the query is running, try what Mark Byers suggested, using kill query .