Re: truncate vs. delete

From: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: truncate vs. delete
Date: 2008-07-24 14:33:12
Message-ID: dcc563d10807240733s4408372eoc676d05b393337c2@mail.gmail.com
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n Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:53 AM, A. Kretschmer
<andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> wrote:
> am Thu, dem 24.07.2008, um 9:47:48 -0400 mailte Emi Lu folgendes:
>> I found a link for SQL Server, it applies to PostgreSQL 8.0.x as well?
>> http://vadivel.blogspot.com/2004/06/delete-vs-truncate-statement.html
>
> Not realy, for instance, pg can rollback a truncate, and a sequence are
> not reset.

Also you can truncate a table with foreign key references (using
cascade), something SQL Server apparently can't do either.

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