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Truncating All Tables in a Database with Powershell

Jess Pomfret nukes the database from orbit, as it’s the only way we can be sure:

The most popular post on my blog so far was called ‘Disable all Triggers on a Database’ and this one is a good follow up from that post.

The scenario here is you need to remove all the data from the tables in your database. This could be as part of a refresh process, or perhaps to clear out test data that has been entered through an application.  Either way, you want to truncate all the tables in your database.

Click through for the code.