how to start completely fresh

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lucille_arkenst

Whoever can help me out of this jam your help will be greatly appreciated.  I started having problems and so I wiped out my installation and started new.  Only to realize… I forgot about the database.  The alfresco.log file is telling me about a custom model I had implemented from before.  How do I wipe out the database in order to cooperate with the new instance of Alfresco?
MUCH THANKS IN ADVANCE

darryl_staflund

Hi there,

I do the following when I want to do a fresh re-install (NB:  I use MySQL – your database may differ):

1.  Log onto MySQL.
2.  Delete the 'alfresco' schema.
3.  Recreate the 'alfresco' schema.
4.  Grant the 'alfresco' user all privileges over the 'alfresco' schema.

Once you do this, Alfresco will re-create the tables, etc. on start-up.

I haven't tried this, but the following should work as well:

1.  Run '<alfresco_home>/extras/databases/mysql/db_remove.bat'.
2.  Run '<alfresco_home>/extras/databases/mysql/db_setup.bat'.

Hope this helps.

Darryl