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Re: Truncate before dropping table>

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 07:54:00 -0700
Message-ID: <1180104841.46929@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


Ben wrote:

>>>> Do people know to truncate a table first before dropping a table?

> As far as I know, there is a benefit to truncating instead of running
> a huge delete if you're planning on deleting the entire table.

The question was not about deletes ... it was whether to truncate before drop.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Fri May 25 2007 - 09:54:00 CDT

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