Make a mention of the new TRUNCATE command.

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Thomas G. Lockhart 1999-10-01 15:24:46 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml,v 1.7 1999/07/22 15:09:09 thomas Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml,v 1.8 1999/10/01 15:24:46 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
DELETE
</refname>
<refpurpose>
Deletes rows from a table
Removes rows from a table
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ DELETE <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable>
If the <firstterm>condition</firstterm> (WHERE clause) is absent,
the effect is to delete all rows in the table.
The result is a valid, but empty table.
<tip>
<para>
<xref linkend="sql-truncate" endterm="squ-truncate-title"> is a
<productname>Postgres</productname> extension which provides a
faster mechanism to remove all rows from a table.
</para>
</tip>
</para>
<para>