What's the difference between DELETE TABLE and TRUNCATE
TABLE commands?
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Answer Posted / nageswarao
1.truncate is DDL cmd.where as delete is a DML cmd.
2.truncate is similar to delete command without no
condition.
3.when u use truncate it restructure the table,wthout
bothering of data it deletes entire records.
but,delete is a logged transaction.before delete
records it copies to transaction log.then removes.
4.truncate take less time than delete in execution.
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