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Make TABLE an optional keyword, a la LOCK TABLE (gram.y fixes not yet

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committed, but will be within a week or two).
Actually include the reference page into the docs...
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Thomas G. Lockhart
1999-10-01 15:24:09 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v 1.1 1999/09/23 17:02:28 momjian Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v 1.2 1999/10/01 15:24:09 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
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TRUNCATE
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Close a cursor
Empty a table
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
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<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
TRUNCATE TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>
TRUNCATE [ TABLE ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-1">
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ TRUNCATE TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The table name to truncate.
The name of the table to be truncated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -81,19 +81,24 @@ TRUNCATE
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>TRUNCATE</command> quickly removes all rows from a table.
<command>TRUNCATE</command> quickly removes all rows from a
table. It has the same effect as an unqualified
<command>DELETE</command> but since it does not actually scan the
table it is faster. This is most effective on large tables.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
<title>
Usage
</title>
<para>
Truncate the table bigtable.
</para>
<programlisting>
Truncate the table <literal>bigtable</literal>:
<programlisting>
TRUNCATE TABLE bigtable;
</programlisting>
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-3">