Can one use Truncate Table on a linked server table? When I try it, I get a
message that only two prefixes are allowed. Here's what I'm using:

Truncate Table svrname.dbname.dbo.tablename

Neil (nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) net) writes:
I guess the error message answers your question.

There is also a good reason for this not being permitted. Truncate Table
is a special operation, that may not make sense on some other data source.
Remember that a linked server does not have to be SQL Server.

If you are on SQL 2005, you can say:

EXEC('TRUNCATE TABLE dbname.dbo.tablename') AT svrname

On earlier versions of SQL Server you are probably better off using DELETE
instead, although it could possible to do it with OPENQUERY.

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Thanks.

"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel (AT) sommarskog (DOT) se> wrote