What is the difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE?

Answer Posted / raam

Delete command will remove the data values ( all the
records of table) and space and table structure will be
ramain. We cannot free the space and remove the table
structure using Delete command.
Truncate command will free the memory and removes table
structure from data dictionary.

ramumcato@yahoo.com

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