--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# ianb@erislabs.net 20080212
+# empty out a mir db ready to reload a database dump
+
+# uploaded_media should be last because other tables depend on it
+TABLES="active_article_classification active_groups
+ active_multimedia_file active_publishbuffer
+ active_ratings_system active_usertable active_webcast
+ active_webcast_groups active_webcast_groups_appear
+ active_weblink article_type audio breaking comment
+ comment_status comment_x_media content content_x_media
+ content_x_topic features_category features_feature_categories
+ features_features features_imc_site_info features_language
+ features_site_languages features_tmp_features_count filter
+ filter_group images img_color img_format img_layout img_type
+ language media_folder media_type messages other_media rights
+ topic video webdb_users
+ uploaded_media"
+
+SEQUENCES="category_id_seq features_id_seq imc_site_info_id_seq
+ groupid webcastid weblinkid publishbufferid
+ article_classificationid webcast_groupsid
+ webcast_groups_appearid usertableid multimedia_fileid
+ ratings_systemid media_folder_id_seq media_type_id_seq
+ language_id_seq comment_status_id_seq webdb_users_id_seq
+ article_type_id_seq topic_id_seq comment_id_seq
+ media_id_seq breaking_id_seq messages_id_seq filter_id_seq
+ filter_group_id_seq"
+
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]
+then
+ echo "usage: $0 [dbname]" 1>&2
+ echo " deletes mir db ready for a database restore" 1>&2
+ echo " USE WITH CARE - will destroy your mir database" 1>&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+(
+ echo "DROP LANGUAGE plpgsql;"
+ echo "DROP FUNCTION plpgsql_call_handler ( ) ;"
+ for i in $TABLES
+ do
+ echo "DROP TABLE $i;"
+ done
+ for i in $SEQUENCES
+ do
+ echo "DROP SEQUENCE $i;"
+ done
+) | sudo -u postgres psql "$1"