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Re: Truncate if exists

Gavin Flower <gavinflower@archidevsys.co.nz>

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From: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, Sébastien Lardière <slardiere@hi-media.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, cedric@2ndquadrant.fr
Date: 2012-10-09T20:50:27Z
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On 10/10/12 09:35, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 10/9/12 5:09 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> Anyone want to check for any other missing IF EXISTS capability in other DDL?
> TRUNCATE is not really DDL.  If we allow TRUNCATE IF EXISTS, what is
> stopping someone from requesting DELETE IF EXISTS or INSERT IF EXISTS next?
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INSERT IF NOT EXISTS  ?