Ok To Empty "data_Intermediate_Ad" If I Have A Matching Record Count In "data_Summary_Ad_Hourly"?

[Matt Tews]

That's pretty much the main question.

 

Thanks!

[Erik Geurts]

No. You should never manually change or delete records in the database.

[Matt Tews]

My problem is related to backing up data.  My tables have grown to a size where database backups are timing out. 

 

I need to trim some data, but was hoping to clear out redundant data (data_Intermediate_Ad?) or less useful data (zones that are no longer in use) before just trimming data by date.  "Beginning of time" is still an interesting report to run for long-time advertisers, but it doesn't need to include zones that are not used any longer.

 

I was thinking "data_Intermediate_Ad" was a table that was flushed during maintenance.  No?

[Erik Geurts]

There is no redundant data.