TRUNCATE

Name

TRUNCATE -- empty a table

Synopsis

TRUNCATE [ TABLE ] name

Description

TRUNCATE quickly removes all rows from a table. It has the same effect as an unqualified DELETE but since it does not actually scan the table it is faster. This is most useful on large tables.

Parameter

name

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table to be truncated.

Diagnostics

TRUNCATE TABLE

Message returned if the table was successfully truncated.

Examples

Truncate the table bigtable:

TRUNCATE TABLE bigtable;

Compatibility

There is no TRUNCATE command in the SQL standard.