Truncate Table On Linked Server?

[Neil]

Can one use Truncate Table on a linked server table? When I try it, I get a
message that only two prefixes are allowed. Here's what I'm using:

Truncate Table svrname.dbname.dbo.tablename

[Erland Sommarskog]

Neil (no****@nospam.net) writes:

Can one use Truncate Table on a linked server table? When I try it, I
get a message that only two prefixes are allowed. Here's what I'm
using:

Truncate Table svrname.dbname.dbo.tablename

I guess the error message answers your question.

There is also a good reason for this not being permitted. Truncate Table
is a special operation, that may not make sense on some other data source.
Remember that a linked server does not have to be SQL Server.

If you are on SQL 2005, you can say:

EXEC('TRUNCATE TABLE dbname.dbo.tablename') AT svrname

On earlier versions of SQL Server you are probably better off using DELETE
instead, although it could possible to do it with OPENQUERY.

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[Neil]

Thanks.

"Erland Sommarskog" <es****@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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Neil (no****@nospam.net) writes:

Can one use Truncate Table on a linked server table? When I try it, I
get a message that only two prefixes are allowed. Here's what I'm
using:

Truncate Table svrname.dbname.dbo.tablename

I guess the error message answers your question.

There is also a good reason for this not being permitted. Truncate Table
is a special operation, that may not make sense on some other data source.
Remember that a linked server does not have to be SQL Server.

If you are on SQL 2005, you can say:

EXEC('TRUNCATE TABLE dbname.dbo.tablename') AT svrname

On earlier versions of SQL Server you are probably better off using DELETE
instead, although it could possible to do it with OPENQUERY.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, es****@sommarskog.se

Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...ads/books.mspx
Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinf...ons/books.mspx