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Add TRUNCATE command, with psql help and sgml additions.

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Bruce Momjian
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<refentry id="SQL-TRUNCATE">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-TRUNCATE-TITLE">
TRUNCATE
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>
TRUNCATE
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Close a cursor
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>1999-07-20</date>
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<synopsis>
TRUNCATE TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-1">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
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<title>
Inputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The table name to truncate.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
Outputs
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>
TRUNCATE
</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Message returned if the table is successfully truncated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-1">
<refsect1info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect1info>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>TRUNCATE</command> quickly removes all rows from a table.
</para>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
<title>
Usage
</title>
<para>
Truncate the table bigtable.
</para>
<programlisting>
TRUNCATE TABLE bigtable;
</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-3">
<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-4">
<refsect2info>
<date>1998-09-08</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
SQL92
</title>
<para>
There is no <command>TRUNCATE</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
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