purge master logs before (select adddate(current_timestamp(), interval -4 day)); ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'select adddate(current_timestamp(), interval -4 day))' at line 1 purge master logs before adddate(current_timestamp(), interval -4 day); drop table if exists t1; create table t1(a int,b int,key(a),key(b)); insert into t1(a,b) values (1,2),(2,1),(2,3),(3,4),(5,4),(5,5), (6,7),(7,4),(5,3); 5 4 3 2 1 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 drop table t1; End of 5.1 tests