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RealSQL2005
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 Posted - 2009-04-23 : 09:29:57
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I need to figure out a way to delete almost 5,000 tables that have the characters "001" in their name........as opposed to manually selecting each table; right-click; delete; OK...etc...5,000 times!!!! Thanks.. |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2009-04-23 : 09:58:01
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Execute this codeSELECT 'DROP TABLE ' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLESWHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%[_][a-z]001[_]%'Then copy the result to a new query window and execute the pasted code.
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RealSQL2005
Starting Member
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Posted - 2009-04-23 : 10:53:06
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Hey PESO!!You are the SQL-MAN!!I try to live by this creed...."....a smart man learns from his mistakes.........but a GENIUS learns from others..."Thank You SIR! |
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RealSQL2005
Starting Member
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Posted - 2009-04-23 : 11:14:08
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| Hey Peso,So far I have deleted almost 80GB of data from my D/B, if I check on the file size, it still shows the original file size of 206GB??? |
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whitefang
Enterprise-Level Plonker Who's Not Wrong
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Posted - 2009-04-23 : 11:15:57
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| Try shrinking the DB. |
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Transact Charlie
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2009-04-23 : 11:37:00
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| Shrinking can cause some problems.Have you taken a full backup recently? the logs won't get truncated until you do. Which files are large?Charlie===============================================================Msg 3903, Level 16, State 1, Line 1736The ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request has no corresponding BEGIN TRANSACTION |
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Help.....How do I Delete multiple tables...