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Re: Must be owner to truncate?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: andrew@supernews.com, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-07-08T03:18:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Andrew - Supernews (andrew+nonews@supernews.com) wrote:
>> It's not MVCC-safe even with the AccessExclusive lock;

> This seems like something which should probably be fixed,

You've missed the point entirely: this *cannot* be fixed, at least not
without giving up the performance advantages that make TRUNCATE
interesting.

			regards, tom lane