Mysql delete all except 100 new rows - php

Question

Hello I need to empty all table except the x new rows i have already test
How to delete all rows from a table except newest 10 rows
SQL Delete all rows except for last 100
But not work, my mysql version doesn't support limit "IN"
(actual version Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.46)
My table is like that
ID (int)
DATE (timestamp)
Who i can empty without loop ? Thanks

Answer 1

Try this
<?php
$mysqli=new mysqli("localhost", "root", "", "db");
$result=$mysqli->query("select id from tabl order by id desc" );
$res=$result->fetch_array();
echo $res[0];
$id=$res[0]-100;
$mysqli->query("delete from table where id < $id");
?>

Answer 2

You can do it with a single SQL DELETE statement that uses variables:
DELETE mytable
FROM mytable
INNER JOIN (
SELECT ID, #rn := #rn + 1 AS rn
FROM mytable
CROSS JOIN (SELECT #rn := 0) AS var
ORDER BY DATE DESC
) AS t ON mytable.ID = t.ID
AND t.rn > 100
The derived tasble t is used to assign each ID of mytable a row number. Numbering uses ORDER BY DATE DESC, hence 100 most recent records are going to have rn in [1-100]. DELETE removes any row of mytable except those having rn in [1-100].
Demo here (Demo keeps 10 more recent records instead of 100)

Answer 3

You can do it by using number of SQL statments one after another.
You can do it by get the first ID that you want to delete, and then delete all the rows newer that ID
// Create the memory table for storing the IDs
create table mem(
first100 integer
);
// Insert to the memory table the list of 100 last ids
insert into mem(first100) select id from table order by id desc limit 100;
// Insert to Mysql variable #a, the id of the first id to delete
set #a=select fist100 from mem order by id limit 1;
// Delete all the id's after the one you want to delete
delete from table where id>=#a
Update:
I posted this answer befor you wroted that the error message is: This version of MySQL doesn't yet support 'LIMIT & IN/ALL/ANY/SOME
Anyway, I keep it, maybe this method will help to someone else .