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From: Darren Duncan <[email protected]>
To: pgAdmin Support <[email protected]>
Subject: Naming Object commands "Delete" is a source of user errors
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:19:00 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)

I am finding that it is a recurring and damaging source of user error that 
Object/Explorer commands named "Delete" actually correspond to SQL DROP rather 
than SQL DELETE or TRUNCATE. Multiple times I have accidentally dropped tables 
when I meant to just truncate them.

I created a GitHub issue requesting to rename the "Delete" commands to "Drop" to 
help avoid this regular source of cognitive dissonance that leads to errors.

https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8958

I'm also mentioning the issue in this support list to help draw attention to it.

Thank you.

Darren Duncan

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