Delete with output clause and table aliases

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Delete with output clause and table aliases

andegre

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June 27, 2011 at 7:26 am

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This is what I'm trying to do:
Delete t
From TableT t
Output Deleted.TableTID,
Deleted.Value1,
Deleted.Value2
Into TableTArchive
(
TableTID,
Value1,
Value2
)
Left Outer Join TableX x On x.TableTID = t.TableTID
Where x.TableXID IS NULL
But it's throwing me an error for TableT's alias...how can I do a table alias name with an output clause?
TIA

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323482 More actions · Answer 1

pure syntax issue...the OUTPUT...INTO goes BEFORE the FROM:

Delete t

Output Deleted.TableTID,

Deleted.Value1,

Deleted.Value2

Into TableTArchive

(

TableTID,

Value1,

Value2

)

From TableT t

Left Outer Join TableX x On x.TableTID = t.TableTID

Where x.TableXID IS NULL

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andegre SSCertifiable Points: 5875 More actions · Answer 2

That's weird Lowell (thanks by the way). I have an entire archive job that is currently running with the exact same syntax as my original post, but without the table alias...apparently SQL Server doesn't care when there's no table alias.

Thanks again!