Re: about truncate - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: about truncate
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Msg-id 21101.1229918769@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: about truncate  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: about truncate  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> Given that the main (and only sane, IMHO) use for table inheritance is
> in table partitioning, can we see about deprecating ONLY (in the table
> inheritance sense) for the next couple of development cycles and then
> removing it?

No.

1.  It's required by SQL standard.

2.  Just because you don't have a use for it doesn't mean no one does.
        regards, tom lane


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