Re: truncate vs. delete

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: truncate vs. delete
Date: 2008-07-24 14:17:13
Message-ID: 20080724141711.GE27348@a-kretschmer.de
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am Thu, dem 24.07.2008, um 10:01:46 -0400 mailte Emi Lu folgendes:
> A. Kretschmer 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.
> >
> >
> Thank you. I am quite sure that I will not use "delete" now.
> Now I a question about how efficient between
>
> (1) truncate a big table (with 200, 000)
> vacuum it (optional?)

not required

> drop primary key
> load new data
> load primary ke
> vacuum it

analyse it, instead vacuum.

Andreas
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