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thaniparthi.rao
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Posted - 2009-04-22 : 00:11:33
Hi Experts,


While setting up the replication can any one tell me the difference between the below two commands and which is more advantageous on production servers.
@pre_creation_cmd = N'drop' or the @pre_creation_cmd = N'truncate'


Many thanks,
Rao.

dinakar
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2507 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-22 : 09:52:52
The question is not about "advantage". It should be more about requirements. The "drop" option drops an object on the subscriber if it already exists while creating a snapshot. The "truncate" option merely truncatets the date in the object. Dropping and creating objects can be an expensive operation.. and also any constraints/FK's need to be considered.

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