Deleting/archiving data in SQL Server 2005
A delete can now use TOP i.e.
DELETE TOP (2000) FROM MyBigTableWHERE someCondition = true ORDER BY Dateolumn ASC
Michael Campbell has blogged about removing data from a table in chunks http://sqladvice.com/blogs/repeatableread/archive/2005/09/20/12795.aspx. This can be simplified even further in SQL Server 2005 using the above.
This very is similar to my post http://www.sqljunkies.com/WebLog/simons/archive/2005/10/23/17204.aspx.
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