Clearing SQL database with Scribe

Question:
Recently working on a migration project using Scribe, we load big volumes of testdata in SQL staging tables, but when we want to clear the tables it takes a very long time to clear all records for reloading data.

Is there a quicker way to clear a SQL database table using Scribe without deleting records one by one?

Answer:
 

1) With the Scribe Microsoft SQL Server Connector:

Use the "Native Query" Block with a double SQL statement and add "for each result Block", make sure you test and validate your native query and save your map.



SELECT  1 AS One;

DELETE FROM [dbo].[mytablename];

2) Alternatively, you can use storedprocedures(to clear the data faster) and call/trigger them from a Scribe map using 

Scribelabs Tools connector Query block to trigger one scribe run with current timestamp then call the storedprocedure once. 

See Scribe Tools Connector documentation here: https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Scribe-Labs-Tools  

See SQL Server Connector documentation on using Storedprocedures: https://help.scribesoft.com/scribe/en/index.htm#sol/conn/sqlserver.htm