Where Clause in Truncate Table?

No, Truncate can't be used with a WHERE clause. Truncate simply deallocates all the pages belonging to a table (or a partition) and its indexes.

Can you use where clause with truncate?

The truncate command removes all rows of a table. We cannot use a Where clause in this. It is a DDL command. ... The truncate command does not log entries for each deleted row in the transaction log.

What is the use of Where clause in SQL?

The SQL WHERE clause is used to specify a condition while fetching the data from a single table or by joining with multiple tables. If the given condition is satisfied, then only it returns a specific value from the table. You should use the WHERE clause to filter the records and fetching only the necessary records.

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