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Delete data data older than 3 moths from a sql table having more than 16 millions of data

  • June 6, 2012 at 2:52 am

    #270254

    I need to Delete data data older than 3 moths from a sql table having more than 16 millions of data,coudl you please suggest a optimized solution?

    Thanks,

    Giri

  • June 6, 2012 at 3:01 am

    #1497477

    Don't suppose your table is partitioned?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • June 6, 2012 at 3:20 am

    #1497486

    I have always used a script template I found in another thread here

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic437300-5-1.aspx

    written by Jeff Moden

    It is from 2007 and so may have been replaced with something even better.

    But it has always been good enough for my larger deletes

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