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Asked: 2026-05-13T10:24:45+00:00

I execute a query in JDBC delete * from mytable where … I got:

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I execute a query in JDBC

delete * from mytable where ...

I got: 

java.sql.SQLException: The total number of locks exceeds the lock table size

I have about 200k records in the table.
how to fix this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    this can happen when deleting a large # of rows in mysql/innodb, the suggested workaround is to increase your innodb_buffer_pool_size until it works.

    http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15667

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