Shredding MySQL rows

I know how to remove files i开发者_JS百科n order to make them impossible to recover. But, how do I remove rows from a MySQL table in a POSIX environment in a way that leads to the same results? I'm currently rewriting all data with a nullified string with the same length as the original data before I proceed with deleting the row. Does it work? If not, how do I make it work?

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I doubt you will be able to do this in such a way that you can say with confidence that the original data is completely gone.

Take a look at this analysis which includes a case study of MySQL retention;

http://forensics.umass.edu/pubs/stahlberg07forensicDB.pdf