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3434045 - TRUNCATE TABLE on very large table takes a lot of time - SAP ASE

Symptom

  • When executing the SQL command TRUNCATE TABLE on a very large table:
    • The table contains billions of data rows.
    • There are millions of Allocation Page used by the table.
  • The execution of this command takes more than 1 hour.


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Environment

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 16.0

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0

Keywords

truncate table, performance, large, huge, table size , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Product Enhancement

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