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realm.deleteAll() does not delete stale data

See original GitHub issue

Goals

When I remove a model and update the schema, I would love to clean up the data as well.

Expected Results

realm.deleteAll() would remove all data, no matter if it is in the schema or not.

Actual Results

The data of the deleted model still persists.

Steps to Reproduce

If I had a Car model, but the new schema got rid of it. Even after I call realm.deleteAll(), the stale data from the old Car model still exists.

Code Sample

Version of Realm and Tooling

Realm JS SDK Version: 1.3.1
Node or React Native: react-native 0.44.0
Which debugger for React Native: None

Right now I am deleting the .realm file before initializing to get rid of the stale data, but it seems to me that realm.deleteAll() should mean a clean slate with the new schema and without any stale data like this.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Comments:11 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

ashwinphatakcommented, Sep 12, 2017

Merged 532f517, which exposes a deleteModel method to be used during migrations.

1reaction

hyb175commented, Sep 12, 2017

Thank you! @ashwinphatak

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