On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Mark Stosberg <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is not as findable as it could be then. Besides scanning the page, I > also searched for "child", "parent" and "partition", and none of those > words are mentioned. Neither is "inherit". Pulling out "ONLY" to have > it's own "Parameter" sub-heading also help, instead of bundling that > documentation under the "name" sub-heading. > > I suggest that at least one of the above search terms be added to better > relate the documentation to the partitioning documentation. Agreed. > Further, since TRUNCATE permanently and instantly deletes mass amounts > of data, I would hope that it would provide "safety" by default, but > only truncating one table unless I specify otherwise. Keep in mind you're using postgres, the only thing you can't wrap in a transaction is create / drop tablespace or database. So you can test your truncate within a transaction to be sure it's doing what you want. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
