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Re: Dropping Tables - Slow Performance

From: Karl Royle <Karl_at_jabberwocky.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:51:06 +0000
Message-ID: <VptLiGA6IMt2EwJj@jabberwocky.demon.co.uk> 





In article <36b314af_at_news3.ibm.net>, Nicolas Bronke <NBronke_at_Trinity.de>
writes


>Try to truncate the data of the tables first. Truncate remove data without


>using rollbacks.





I'd be tempted to agree, if only because it's the simple solution.  9/10
people claiming to have a performance problem dropping are just
forgetting to truncate first.  I'm surprised Oracle haven't 'optimized'
that statement (DROP TABLE FRED)!



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Karl Royle
Received on Sun Jan 31 1999 - 14:51:06 CST












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