Deleting all data

Is there a way to delete all data from a database - all tables and all
tables excluding system tables?

sqlserver 2000?

Thanks,

Tmuld

Re: Deleting all data

Tmuld (tmuldoon@spliced.com) writes:
> Is there a way to delete all data from a database - all tables and all
> tables excluding system tables?

A brute force method is to run

SELECT 'DELETE ' + name FROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'U'

Copy and paste the result into a query window, and the run it over and
over again, until there are no error messages. This presumes that the
only errors you get are from foreign keys. If you have triggers that
object to the deletion, you need to disable these.

Another alternative is build an empty database from scripts, either
taken from version control or generated by Enterprise Manager.


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Re: Deleting all data

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:01:36 -0700, Tmuld wrote:

>Is there a way to delete all data from a database - all tables and all
>tables excluding system tables?
>
>sqlserver 2000?

Hi Tmuld,

DROP DATABASE xxx
go
CREATE DATABASE xxx
-- add options here
go

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Re: Deleting all data

Hugo Kornelis wrote in
news:p36ia39c3bhvcs5dfjsbluvphgus0nbqtu@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:01:36 -0700, Tmuld wrote:
>
>>Is there a way to delete all data from a database - all tables and all
>>tables excluding system tables?
>>
>>sqlserver 2000?
>
> Hi Tmuld,
>
> DROP DATABASE xxx
> go
> CREATE DATABASE xxx
> -- add options here
> go
>

Might not be a bad idea to create a script to recreate the database and all
its objects before you start if you don't want to reinvent the wheel.