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SAP HANA - Difference Between TRUNCATE, DeLETE and DROP Commands

The DELETE statement is used to delete rows from a table. The WHERE clause is optional and identifies which rows to delete; without it, all rows will be deleted. After a DELETE, the transaction must be committed or rolled back to make the change permanent or undo it. The TRUNCATE statement removes all rows from a table faster than DELETE; it does not use a WHERE clause or trigger deletes. DROP removes the table structure entirely, deleting all rows and relationships to the table permanently.

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SAP HANA - Difference Between TRUNCATE, DeLETE and DROP Commands

The DELETE statement is used to delete rows from a table. The WHERE clause is optional and identifies which rows to delete; without it, all rows will be deleted. After a DELETE, the transaction must be committed or rolled back to make the change permanent or undo it. The TRUNCATE statement removes all rows from a table faster than DELETE; it does not use a WHERE clause or trigger deletes. DROP removes the table structure entirely, deleting all rows and relationships to the table permanently.

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SQL Delete Statement

The DELETE Statement is used to delete rows from a table.

Syntax of a SQL DELETE Statement

DELETE FROM table_name [WHERE condition];

NOTE:

The WHERE clause in the SQL DELETE command is optional and it identifies the rows in the
column that gets deleted. If you do not include the WHERE clause all the rows in the table are
deleted, so be careful while writing a DELETE query without WHERE clause.

After performing a DELETE operation, you need to COMMIT or ROLLBACK the transaction to
make the change permanent or to undo it. Note that this operation will cause all DELETE triggers on
the table to fire.

Example:
To Create a Table:

create column table "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1"

"ID" integer,

"Name" nvarchar(35)

);

To Insert Some Records into the Table:

insert into "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1" values (1,'A');

insert into "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1" values (2,'B');

insert into "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1" values (3,'C');

insert into "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1" values (4,'D');

To Delete a Record from the Table:

Delete From "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1" Where "ID" = 1;

To Delete All the Records from the Table:

Delete From "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1";

SQL Truncate Statement


· TRUNCATE removes all rows from a table. The operation cannot be rolled back and no
triggers will be fired. As such, TRUNCATE is faster and doesn't use as much undo space
as a DELETE.

· Does not require a WHERE clause, so you cannot filter rows while Truncating

· Cannot Truncate a table that is referenced by any Foreign Key constraint.

Syntax to TRUNCATE a table:

TRUNCATE TABLE table_name;

Example:
To Truncate a Table:

Truncate Table "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1";

Difference between DELETE and TRUNCATE Statements:

DELETE TRUNCATE

This command deletes only the rows from


the table based on the condition given in the This command is used to delete all the rows
where clause or deletes all the rows from from the table.
the table if no condition is specified

WHERE clause is Optional There is no WHERE clause

But it does not free the space containing the


It frees the space containing the table.
table.

SQL DROP Statement:


· The SQL DROP command is used to remove an object from the database.

· If you drop a table, all the rows in the table is deleted and the table structure is removed
from the database.

· Once a table is dropped we cannot get it back, so be careful while using DROP
command.

· When a table is dropped all the references to the table will not be valid.

· All the tables' rows, indexes, and privileges will also be removed.
· Cannot drop a table that is referenced by any Foreign Key constraint.

· No DML triggers will be fired.

· The operation cannot be rolled back.

Syntax to drop a SQL table structure:

DROP TABLE table_name;

Example:
To Drop a Table:

Drop Table "KABIL_PRACTICE"."DEMO1";

Difference between DROP and TRUNCATE Statement:

DROP TRUNCATE

If a table is Dropped, Data and the table But, if a table is truncated, the table structure
structure will not exist. remains the same and Data will not exist

If a table is dropped, all the relationships with


other tables will no longer be valid, the integrity
constraints will be dropped, grant or access
privileges on the table will also be dropped, if All the relationships with other tables will also be
you want to use the table again it has to be valid.
recreated with the integrity constraints, access
privileges and the relationships with other tables
should be established again.

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