| From: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Truncate if exists |
| Date: | 2012-10-15 19:35:26 |
| Message-ID: | m28vb7r0jl.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> WITH target AS (
>> TRUNCATE TABLE t FROM target;
>
> I'm not exactly sure what that is supposed to do, but it doesn't seem
> like an easy-to-use substitute for truncate-if-exists...
Indeed. I'm still a supporter of truncate-if-exists. Still, we're also
talking about a more flexible and powerful design, it seems to me.
> I like the idea of making our SQL dialect capable of working with DDL
> in more powerful ways; I'm not sold on the concrete proposal.
Cool,
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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support
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