Re: Can a partial truncate be done?

deanbrown3d_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> I heard some talk of partial truncates, that are fast and avoid all the
> role-back delay. Can someone give me a pointer here where to get
> started? I heard its an option now in recent versions of server, is
> this true?
>
> By 'partial truncate' I mean to remove a selection of records fast,
> like a regular table truncate, but leaving other records intact.
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Dean

partitioning

or

create-table-as-select-what-you-want-to-keep

hth
connor

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