title: MySQL: "lock wait timeout exceeded"
body: <p>I am trying to delete several rows from a MySQL 5.0.45 database:</p>
  
  <pre><code>delete from bundle_inclusions;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The client works for a while and then returns the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Lock wait timeout exceeded; try restarting transaction
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It's possible there is some uncommitted transaction out there that has a lock on this table, but I need this process to trump any such locks.  How do I break the lock in MySQL?</p>