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pazzy11
Posting Yak Master

145 Posts

Posted - 2010-04-19 : 10:24:16

Hi ,
Using the OUTPUT clause I have the following code

DELETE FROM [Order Details]
OUTPUT deleted.* INTO OrderDetailsArchive
FROM Orders join [Order Details]
ON Orders.OrderID = [Order Details].OrderID
WHERE OrderDate < '12-01-1997';

This deletes all orders before 12-1-1997 and dumps
them into an archive table - but of course you can see that ;)

Anyway my question , with the

OUTPUT deleted.* INTO OrderDetailsArchive

the .* , this just means "all data" ? - in this case all data deleted ?

Transact Charlie
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3451 Posts

Posted - 2010-04-19 : 10:34:29

yes -- all columns in the deleted set. (Imagine this is a trigger then the deleted table contains all the rows that were deleted).

Charlie
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Msg 3903, Level 16, State 1, Line 1736
The ROLLBACK TRANSACTION request has no corresponding BEGIN TRANSACTION