INF: Purpose of TRUNCATE TABLE

Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q45590

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2

TRUNCATE TABLE deallocates all of the pages, both data and index, assigned to a table by using the allocation bitmaps. This is much faster than following the page chain and deleting each row, especially if indexes are involved.

Additional query words: Transact-SQL
Keywords : kbother SSrvServer
Version : 4.2
Platform : OS/2

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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