Re: Does TRUNCATE emit changes with REPLICA IDENTITY FULL? - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Does TRUNCATE emit changes with REPLICA IDENTITY FULL?
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Msg-id 20191112004432.GB1549@paquier.xyz
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In response to Does TRUNCATE emit changes with REPLICA IDENTITY FULL?  (PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 09:19:52AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The documentation says that TRUNCATE ignores ON DELETE triggers, but it
> doesn't explicitly mention what happens if we use `wal_level = logical` and
> `REPLICA IDENTITY FULL`. Does TRUNCATE emit changes for each row and clog
> the WAL, or will it still be blazing fast?

Truncate does not issue per-row changes with a full replica identity
in this context.  It roughly just takes an exclusive lock on the
table, then physically removes all the files related to the table.
--
Michael

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