>My question is : Is it better to issue a Truncate table statement to empty out the existing table or drop it and re-create it ? Is there an advantage or disadvantage of using either method ?

You could go for the obvious: if you drop the table, you'll have to recreate not only the table but also all of the indexes, constraints, and permissions.

I think I'd look at truncate it.

-Mike

>Hi All,
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>I need an advise. I'm writing a stored procedure in SQL2000 that will be used in overnight process to re-create sales table based on couple of tables from another database.
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>My question is : Is it better to issue a Truncate table statement to empty out the existing table or drop it and re-create it ? Is there an advantage or disadvantage of using either method ?
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>Thank you,
>Daniel