Manual:objectcache table

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objectcache table

The objectcache table is used for a few generic cache operations if not using MemcachedMemcached. Its content can be deleted and excluded from backups as it will be regenerated when needed.

Fields

keyname

Unique identifier of the cached object. e.g. <instance>:user:id:<userid>

value

Cached object.

exptime

Date the cache entry should be expired, and therefore removed.

Schema summary

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.10

DESCRIBE objectcache;

+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field   | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| keyname | varbinary(255)   | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
| value   | mediumblob       | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| exptime | datetime         | YES  | MUL | NULL    |       |
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+

MediaWiki versions:

1.3 – 1.9

DESCRIBE objectcache;

+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field   | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| keyname | char(255) binary | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
| value   | mediumblob       | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| exptime | datetime         | YES  | MUL | NULL    |       |
+---------+------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+