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+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v 1.1 1999/09/23 17:02:28 momjian Exp $
+Postgres documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="SQL-TRUNCATE">
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle id="SQL-TRUNCATE-TITLE">
+   TRUNCATE
+  </refentrytitle>
+  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>
+   TRUNCATE
+  </refname>
+  <refpurpose>
+   Close a cursor
+  </refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+  <refsynopsisdivinfo>
+   <date>1999-07-20</date>
+  </refsynopsisdivinfo>
+  <synopsis>
+TRUNCATE TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>
+  </synopsis>
+  
+  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-1">
+   <refsect2info>
+    <date>1998-09-08</date>
+   </refsect2info>
+   <title>
+    Inputs
+   </title>
+   <para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+	The table name to truncate.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+  
+  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
+   <refsect2info>
+    <date>1998-09-08</date>
+   </refsect2info>
+   <title>
+    Outputs
+   </title>
+   <para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><computeroutput>
+TRUNCATE
+       </computeroutput></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+	Message returned if the table is successfully truncated.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-1">
+  <refsect1info>
+   <date>1998-09-08</date>
+  </refsect1info>
+  <title>
+   Description
+  </title>
+  <para>
+   <command>TRUNCATE</command> quickly removes all rows from a table.
+  </para>
+  
+ <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-2">
+  <title>
+   Usage
+  </title>
+  <para>
+   Truncate the table bigtable.
+  </para>
+  <programlisting>
+TRUNCATE TABLE bigtable;
+  </programlisting>
+ </refsect1>
+ 
+ <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-TRUNCATE-3">
+  <title>
+   Compatibility
+  </title>
+  
+  <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-TRUNCATE-4">
+   <refsect2info>
+    <date>1998-09-08</date>
+   </refsect2info>
+   <title>
+    SQL92
+   </title>
+   <para>
+    There is no <command>TRUNCATE</command> in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
+   </para>
+  </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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