Deleting the records from the FACT table in Microsoft SQL Server databases

Perform this procedure to delete records from the FACT table in a Microsoft SQL Server database.

  1. Connect to the source database.
  2. Execute the following script:
    DELETE FROM <SOURCE_DATABASE>.<SOURCE_SCHEMA>.PR_DATA_IH_FACT WHERE PXOUTCOMETIME < CONVERT(data_type(length),expression,style);
Example: 

Example

DELETE FROM <SOURCE_DATABASE>.<SOURCE_SCHEMA>.PR_DATA_IH_FACT WHERE PXOUTCOMETIME < CONVERT(DATETIME,'30-06-15 10:34:09 PM',5);
, where:
data_type
is DATETIME
expression
is the date value in quotes
style
is 5 (Italian format)