Re: Log Invalidated after truncate table

Hugo Kornelis (hugo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
> A TRUNCATE TABLE operation is minimally logged. That means that there is
> just enough information in the log file to rollback if the transaction
> fails or commit if it doesn't - but not enough to re-apply the changes.

Reference?

TRUNCATE TABLE logs the extent deallocations, and that is perfecly
enough to reapply the changes.

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