From f74179cd8e6e2df3222a402872952c01c88f9ad0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 15:24:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make a mention of the new TRUNCATE command.
---
doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml
index 230a8b687f1..e2d1c07ae8a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$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>
--
GitLab