Re: Feature request: Truncate table

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:ler@lerctr.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:36 PM
> To: Dann Corbit
> Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Feature request: Truncate table
>
>
> On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 14:32, Dann Corbit wrote:
> > Deletion of data from a PostgreSQL table is very slow.
> >
> > It would be nice to have a very fast delete like "truncate table."
> >
> > Now, truncate is a very dangerous command because it is not
> logged (but
> > the same is true for other operations like bulk copy and
> select into).
> > So one needs to be careful how this command is granted.
> The same damage
> > (accidental deletion of all data) can be done by drop table just as
> > easily.
> >
> > I frequently have to do this right now in PostgreSQL, but I simply
> > emulate it by drop table/create table.
> It's there:
> $ psql
> Welcome to psql, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
>
> Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
>        \h for help with SQL commands
>        \? for help on internal slash commands
>        \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
>        \q to quit
>
> ler=# select version();
>                                version
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>  PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i386-portbld-freebsd4.6, compiled by GCC 2.95.3
> (1 row)
>
> ler=# \h truncate
> Command:     TRUNCATE
> Description: empty a table
> Syntax:
> TRUNCATE [ TABLE ] name
>
> ler=#

Well bust my buttons!  Now that's service!
;-)

I am busily doing a Win32 port of PostgreSQL 7.2.1 right now, so that is
wonderful news.