Delete of 2.5 GB

Hi,
I have to perform a delete on a table. About 73.000
records that actually need 2.5 GB of storage. I simply
will perform a delete from table where .... Should i
consider doing this after hours ? What impact should i
consider for this action ? this is a 24x7 DB Server.
I'm planning the delete and after do a dbcc clean table to
organize the table and index.
Any suggestions or recommendations ?
Thanks in advance
Mike
i'd recommend deleting the data in small portions instead of one delete
statement that deletes all 73k rows at once. deleting small groups of
data should have minimal to no impact on your users. if you're using
full or bulk-logged recovery, be sure to do transaction log backups at
appropriate times during your deletes.
Mike wrote:

> Hi,
> I have to perform a delete on a table. About 73.000
> records that actually need 2.5 GB of storage. I simply
> will perform a delete from table where .... Should i
> consider doing this after hours ? What impact should i
> consider for this action ? this is a 24x7 DB Server.
> I'm planning the delete and after do a dbcc clean table to
> organize the table and index.
> Any suggestions or recommendations ?
> Thanks in advance
> Mike
|||Not sure if this applies, but if you are deleting all the records in the
table you can use the TRUNCATE command.
Rand
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