Database Interview Question:
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Database Interview Question: Which SQL command do you use to empty a 10-million-row log table: Why does Option A lock the table, bloat the transaction log, and run for 8 minutes, while Option B finishes in 20 milliseconds?
Posted by Shubh Jain (5.5k followers) 23 h ago · 45 likes · 4.8k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Dev Radar as Databases.
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