Can you truncate a table inside an explicit SQL transaction?
If so, does the actual truncation defer until after the commit?
>Here's a little brain teaser. This could be a "who's buried in Grant's tomb" question....or it might be a trick question.
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>Here we go. In SQL Server, suppose you're in a SQL transaction. During the transaction, you truncate a table by issuing the TRUNCATE TABLE statement. Let's say the table had 100 rows before the TRUNCATE.
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>Here's the question - can you issue a ROLLBACK statement and bring back the 100 rows?
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>Obviously, you could cheat and try it out in SQL Server, so I'm asking for honesty.
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>There's a story behind this question.....
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