Both Truncate and Delete are used to delete data from the tables. Below are some important differences.
· TRUNCATE is a DDL (data definition language) statment whereas DELETE is a DML (data manipulation language) statement.
- In DELETE command we can use where condition in TRUNCATE you cannot.
- TRUNCATED data cannot be rolled back while delete can be.
- When there are triggers on table and when you fire truncate trigger do not fire . When you fire delete command triggers are executed.
- TRUNCATE resets the identity counter value where DELETE does not.
- Delete and Truncate both are logged operation. Delete operation is logged on row basis while TRNCATE logs at page level.
- TRUNCATE is faster than DELETE.
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