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jamida

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Uninstall instructions
May 05, 2010, 06:58:21 pm
I'm running Joomla on a test environment and installed CiviCRM to test its functionality. Seems **way** more powerful than my needs. So I uninstalled it and to my surprise the database tables are still there.

a) is this a bug? Shouldn't the uninstall process delete those?
b) either way, since I still have them, are they safe to delete?

Thanks

Mike

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Re: Uninstall instructions
May 05, 2010, 08:23:14 pm

a. our upgrade procedure requires an uninstall (due to some problems with the joomla installer) and hence we dont delete the tables

b. yes, u can safely delete all tables with civicrm_* if you are not using the component

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Re: Uninstall instructions
May 24, 2010, 01:14:44 am
Looks like I am getting an error removing those tables: "Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails"

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Re: Uninstall instructions
May 28, 2010, 08:58:33 am
I got this same error recently.  Had to go through each table that was left individually.  Eventually you break the parent child relationship between two tables and it allows you to uninstall them.  If you find a quicker and more efficient way then let me know as it was somewhat labourious.

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Re: Uninstall instructions
June 24, 2010, 12:20:11 pm
I've done a number of reinstalls, and the way to get around this is the following in mysql:

set foreign_key_checks = 0;

then you can remove all of them at once.
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