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DELETE vs TRUNCATE in SQL & Databases

Learn about DELETE vs TRUNCATE in this comprehensive SQL & Databases development tutorial. Performance matters.

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1Under the hood

If you use 'DELETE FROM users', the database engine scans and deletes every single row one by one, recording each deletion in a transaction log. This is very slow for millions of rows. 'TRUNCATE' ignores the rows and simply deallocates the data pages on the hard drive instantly. Truncate is a lightning-fast wipe.

Pascual Vila

Pascual Vila

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Lesson Glossary

[01]ALTER

Modify existing structure.

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// ALTER context

[02]TRUNCATE

Instantly empty a table.

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// TRUNCATE context

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