Re: How to delete many rows in a big table, but not all the rows ( truncate table can't be used in this case )

for the above solution you could use the "select into" it creates the same table ddl

rename the old table (SyBooks Online (Archive))

select *

into newtable

from oldtable

where conditions

were conditions meet the data you want to keep.

don't forget about indexes, etc (alternetively you could use ddlgen: SyBooks Online)