You cannot truncate a table that has foreign key constraints. I would script your truncate statement to drop the constraints, then truncate the table, and then re-create the constraints.

Apr 12, 2017 · Can I use truncate command with a where clause? I need to remove specific rows from several tables. How can I delete specific data from the entire database? SELECT …

Sep 24, 2014 · I have only 2GB left, so I need to remove this history table. This table now is empty but the database disk space not released. And the database file is 320GB.

Sep 29, 2018 · Doesn’t matter if the table is empty. You need to either drop and re-create the foreign key constraint or just perform a delete instead of a truncate. How often are you really …

Apr 15, 2013 · Is there a way to truncate table that has foreign keys ? Delete and reseed can take too long. Is deleting and recreating keys only way ? If so is there a tool that does this ?

Feb 28, 2018 · How Do I give permission for user to Truncate all tables in database? The minimum permission required is 'ALTER on table_name' per articles below. With this, how do I …

TRUNCATE TABLE permissions default to the table owner, members of the sysadmin fixed server role, and the db_owner and db_ddladmin fixed database roles, and are not transferable.

Sep 1, 2016 · I have a SQL Server 2012 database. Is it possible to get last truncated time for all tables in the database? Note: Recovery mode is SIMPLE in my scenario. Is it possible if I …

Just like what happened in your case. Now when you truncate the table, it will reset the Identity value to its original Seed value of the table. Refer to : SQL SERVER – DELETE, TRUNCATE …

Sep 19, 2023 · If I do truncate my table, will the growth of other tables re-use that space freed up, and hence save disk space in the long term? The reason I ask that is that it would be good if …