RE: Enhancement Request

["Campbell, Lance" <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No. I was submitting a request that we could add LIMIT to DELETE FROM. There are work arounds for this. But it would be nice to skip the work arounds.

 

From: M Sarwar <sarwarmd02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 2:47 PM
To: Hajek, Nick <Nick.Hajek@xxxxxxxxxx>; Campbell, Lance <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Enhancement Request

 

Nick,

@Hajek, Nick

Are you confirming that DELETE FROM - LIMIT is working?

Thanks,

Sarwar

 

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From: Hajek, Nick <Nick.Hajek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 2:34 PM
To: Campbell, Lance <lance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Enhancement Request

 

// It would be nice if the DELETE FROM supported LIMIT. I can already feel the dislike for this post coming back in my direction.

 

// I have had numerous times over the years where I need to delete a lot of rows from a table but because each row is linked to so many other tables it will cause // a problem in performance if I don’t limit the size of the deletion.

 

I use a query like this to accomplish a limited deletion –

 

Delete from table1 where table1.id in (select table1.id from table1 limit yourlimitnumber)