Re: [GENERAL] Emptying a database.

you just want to dump all the data? just use delete then..

DELETE FROM tablename;

Deletes all the data in the table....

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Stuart Rison wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I'm currently doing some database design work and find myself entering
> loads of test records into my database tables.
>
> Occasionally I want to 'flush' out the database (i.e. keep all tables,
> views, etc. but delete all records). Currently I have to pg_dump the
> database and then use a text editor to cut out all the 'copy' statements
> out and recreate a 'new' database.
>
> Is there a way of flushing the content of all tables?
>
> Thanks for any help you may provide.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stuart.
>
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