Re: truncate trigger for foreign data wrappers

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2016-08-05 16:35:02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> In particular, it seems to me that rather than implement just this,
>> we really ought to provide an API that lets FDWs actually implement
>> TRUNCATE if they feel like it.  Having the trigger and not TRUNCATE
>> capability itself just screams "half baked", wouldn't you say?

> Both is fine with me. I do object to the position that we need an answer
> for all utility commands - that seems like a too high hurdle to pass -
> but implementing truncate for FDWs directly sounds good.

To clarify: I was certainly not suggesting that we need to implement
more than that in the first go.  I was just saying that some sort of
long-term roadmap about utility commands for FDWs would be a good idea.
        regards, tom lane