In SQL, the TRUNCATE TABLE
statement is a Data Manipulation Language (DML) operation that deletes all rows of a table without causing a triggered action.[1] The result of this operation quickly removes all data from a table, typically bypassing a number of integrity enforcing mechanisms. It was officially introduced in the SQL:2008 standard, as the optional feature F200, "TRUNCATE TABLE statement".
TRUNCATE TABLE removes all rows from a table, but the table structure and its columns, constraints, indexes, and so on remain. To remove the table definition in addition to its data, use the DROP TABLE statement.
The TRUNCATE TABLE mytable
statement is logically (though not physically) equivalent to the DELETE FROM mytable
statement (without a WHERE
clause). The following characteristics distinguish TRUNCATE TABLE
from DELETE
:
- In the Oracle Database,
TRUNCATE
is implicitly preceded and followed by a commit operation. (This may also be the case in MySQL, when using a transactional storage engine.) - Typically,
TRUNCATE TABLE
quickly deletes all records in a table by deallocating the data pages used by the table. This reduces the resource overhead of logging the deletions, as well as the number of locks acquired. Records removed this way cannot be restored in a rollback operation. Two notable exceptions to this rule are the implementations found in PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server, both of which allowTRUNCATE TABLE
statements to be committed or rolled back transactionally. - It is not possible to specify a
WHERE
clause in aTRUNCATE TABLE
statement. TRUNCATE TABLE
cannot be used when a foreign key references the table to be truncated, sinceTRUNCATE TABLE
statements do not fire triggers. This could result in inconsistent data becauseON DELETE
/ON UPDATE
triggers would not fire.- In some computer systems,
TRUNCATE TABLE
resets the count of an Identity column back to the identity's seed. - In Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and beyond in full recovery mode, every change to the database is logged, so
TRUNCATE TABLE
statements can be used for tables involved in log shipping.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "ISO/IEC 9075 Database languages SQL". iso.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Description of the effects of nonlogged and minimally logged operations on transaction log backup and the restore process in SQL Server". Microsoft. December 2005.
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