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I’ve moved to mysql from sqlite and funny issue – whenever I mass-delete objects via django admin (about 100 or so) I get this mysql error:
(1205, 'Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction')
this has never happened with sqlite with the same models.
I am able to delete a max of two records, three are failing.
The setup is windows7, mysql 5.5.20, python 2.7, django 1.3
That error is directly from MySQL. It happens when there’s a lock created on the table and it isn’t released for whatever reason. You can try restarting your MySQL server. That might be enough to clear things up and allow you to proceed. You can also edit your
my.conffile (not sure of its location in Windows, but should be with the rest of your MySQL stuff) and change the following line to a longer time period (number is seconds):