DELETE FROM mysql.help_category LIMIT <number>; DELETE FROM mysql.help_keyword LIMIT <number>; DELETE FROM mysql.help_relation LIMIT <number>; DELETE FROM mysql.help_topic LIMIT <number>; SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'mysql' AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'help_%'; TABLE_CATALOG TABLE_SCHEMA TABLE_NAME TABLE_TYPE ENGINE VERSION ROW_FORMAT TABLE_ROWS AVG_ROW_LENGTH DATA_LENGTH MAX_DATA_LENGTH INDEX_LENGTH DATA_FREE AUTO_INCREMENT CREATE_TIME UPDATE_TIME CHECK_TIME TABLE_COLLATION CHECKSUM CREATE_OPTIONS TABLE_COMMENT NULL mysql help_category BASE TABLE MyISAM 10 Fixed 30 #ARL# #DL# #MDL# #IL# #DF# NULL YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss utf8_general_ci NULL help categories NULL mysql help_keyword BASE TABLE MyISAM 10 Fixed 320 #ARL# #DL# #MDL# #IL# #DF# NULL YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss utf8_general_ci NULL help keywords NULL mysql help_relation BASE TABLE MyISAM 10 Fixed 640 #ARL# #DL# #MDL# #IL# #DF# NULL YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss utf8_general_ci NULL keyword-topic relation NULL mysql help_topic BASE TABLE MyISAM 10 Dynamic 380 #ARL# #DL# #MDL# #IL# #DF# NULL YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss utf8_general_ci NULL help topics SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.STATISTICS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'mysql' AND TABLE_NAME LIKE 'help_%'; TABLE_CATALOG TABLE_SCHEMA TABLE_NAME NON_UNIQUE INDEX_SCHEMA INDEX_NAME SEQ_IN_INDEX COLUMN_NAME COLLATION CARDINALITY SUB_PART PACKED NULLABLE INDEX_TYPE COMMENT NULL mysql help_category 0 mysql PRIMARY 1 help_category_id A 30 NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_category 0 mysql name 1 name A 30 NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_keyword 0 mysql PRIMARY 1 help_keyword_id A 320 NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_keyword 0 mysql name 1 name A 320 NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_relation 0 mysql PRIMARY 1 help_keyword_id A NULL NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_relation 0 mysql PRIMARY 2 help_topic_id A 640 NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_topic 0 mysql PRIMARY 1 help_topic_id A 380 NULL NULL BTREE NULL mysql help_topic 0 mysql name 1 name A 380 NULL NULL BTREE