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In the database structured query language (SQL), the DELETE statement removes one or more records from a table.

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Optimization: Delete with Top and minimize the where clause date range

You trade off speed smaller transaction log concurrency So running this in batches with a good index satisfies the last 2, but is slower. However, you don't need absolute speed if it is less intru …
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Methods of speeding up a huge DELETE FROM <table> with no clauses

What you can do is batch deletes like this: SELECT 'Starting' --sets @@ROWCOUNT WHILE @@ROWCOUNT <> 0 DELETE TOP (xxx) MyTable Where xxx is, say, 50000 A modification of this, if you want to remove … SELECT 'Starting' --sets @@ROWCOUNT WHILE @@ROWCOUNT <> 0 DELETE TOP (xxx) MyTable WHERE ... INSERT MyTable (col1, col2, ...) SELECT col1, col2, ... FROM #Holdingtable …
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Safely deleting a SQL Server log file (.LDF)

If you delete the LDF (SQL Server shut down), your database comes back "suspect". If you detach+delete, attach the MDF by itself, the LDF is re-created. …
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