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To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: "jack" <datactrl@tpg.com.au>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: problem on truncate for v.7.3.2 
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Comments: In-reply-to Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:13:39 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> On version 7.3.2, 'truncate' can not be executed from pl/pgsql. But it
>> isn't stated on change notes. Is it a bug?

> No, it's a fix.   

Note however that TRUNCATE has been reimplemented to be transaction-safe
in 7.4, and so the restriction has gone away again.

			regards, tom lane