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Re: Truncate if exists

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Sébastien Lardière <slardiere@hi-media.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, cedric@2ndquadrant.fr
Date: 2012-10-09T21:04:04Z
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On 9 October 2012 21:35, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> 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?

I'm not involved in the planning or justification for this patch, and
have no opinion.

I discussed applying it because it was an uncontentious patch. It
clearly is not....

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