SQL Server Forums - Deleting Large Number of Rows

SQL 2008 breaking “feature”

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I was looking at the ROWCOUNT documentation and BOL states:
Using SET ROWCOUNT will not affect DELETE, INSERT, and UPDATE statements in the next release of SQL Server. Avoid using SET ROWCOUNT together with DELETE, INSERT, and UPDATE statements in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use it. Also, for DELETE, INSERT, and UPDATE statements that currently use SET ROWCOUNT, we recommend that you rewrite them to use the TOP syntax.
Something to keep in mind if your scripts will be run against sql 2008

SQL Server Forums - Deleting Large Number of Rows