Thread: Truncate doc fix

Truncate doc fix

From
Rod Taylor
Date:
With a recent commit truncate is transaction safe in 7.4.


Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file:
/projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -c -r1.8 truncate.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml    2002/05/18 15:44:47    1.8
--- doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml    2002/12/06 03:00:15
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*** 84,95 ****
     <command>DELETE</command> but since it does not actually scan the
     table it is faster. This is most useful on large tables.
    </para>
-
-   <para>
-    <command>TRUNCATE</command> cannot be executed inside a transaction
-    block (<command>BEGIN</>/<command>COMMIT</> pair), because there is
-    no way to roll it back.
-   </para>
   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
--- 84,89 ----


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Re: Truncate doc fix

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Patch applied.  Thanks.

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Rod Taylor wrote:
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> With a recent commit truncate is transaction safe in 7.4.
>
>
> Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file:
> /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.8
> diff -c -r1.8 truncate.sgml
> *** doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml    2002/05/18 15:44:47    1.8
> --- doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml    2002/12/06 03:00:15
> ***************
> *** 84,95 ****
>      <command>DELETE</command> but since it does not actually scan the
>      table it is faster. This is most useful on large tables.
>     </para>
> -
> -   <para>
> -    <command>TRUNCATE</command> cannot be executed inside a transaction
> -    block (<command>BEGIN</>/<command>COMMIT</> pair), because there is
> -    no way to roll it back.
> -   </para>
>    </refsect1>
>
>    <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
> --- 84,89 ----
>
>
> --
> Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>
>
> PGP Key: http://www.rbt.ca/rbtpub.asc
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