| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Sébastien Lardière <slardiere(at)hi-media(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, cedric(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr |
| Subject: | Re: Truncate if exists |
| Date: | 2012-10-09 21:04:04 |
| Message-ID: | CA+U5nM+L3O+7CEJ5+U=U5dgNFf86giss=4Ji9-Y-XAWs9tDbSQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On 9 October 2012 21:35, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On 10/9/12 5:09 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> Anyone want to check for any other missing IF EXISTS capability in other DDL?
>
> TRUNCATE is not really DDL. If we allow TRUNCATE IF EXISTS, what is
> stopping someone from requesting DELETE IF EXISTS or INSERT IF EXISTS next?
I'm not involved in the planning or justification for this patch, and
have no opinion.
I discussed applying it because it was an uncontentious patch. It
clearly is not....
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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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