TRUNCATE SQL - Language Statements TRUNCATE Close a cursor 1999-07-20 TRUNCATE TABLE table 1998-09-08 Inputs table The table name to truncate. 1998-09-08 Outputs TRUNCATE Message returned if the table is successfully truncated. 1998-09-08 Description TRUNCATE quickly removes all rows from a table. Usage Truncate the table bigtable. TRUNCATE TABLE bigtable; Compatibility 1998-09-08 SQL92 There is no TRUNCATE in SQL92.