GilaMonster (3/31/2014)
Lynn Pettis (3/29/2014)
DELETE TOP (1000) FROM MyTable ORDER BY yourOrderingColumnMsg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'ORDER'.
Amusingly enough, while updates and deletes can take a TOP, they can't have an ORDER BY clause.
To do a delete of the first x rows, ordered by something, this is what's needed:
DELETE FROM MyTable WHERE UniqueColumn IN (SELECT TOP(n) UniqueColumn FROM MyTable ORDER BY ColumnWhichDeterminesOrder)
Thanks, don't know what I was thinking. Must be these 7 x 12+ hour days, not always thinking straight toward the end of the day.