Question
Managed Database Cluster is full and it's on Read-only mode
- Posted on September 2, 2021
- DigitalOcean Managed MySQL Database
Asked by Carlos Cativo
Hi, I would like to know what I can do to free up space in a full database, I can’t do anything because it has been put in read only mode. Thank you
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Hi there,
I just noticed a similar question asked here with a very good answer:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-disable-read-only-mode-when-managed-database-storage-is-full
The answer suggests the following:
To remove your database from the read-only mode you will need to do one of the below two options:
This will enable you to delete data from within your current session.
Hope that this helps!
Regards, Bobby