G'day folks, Tom Lane wrote: > Daniel Baldoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Forgive this if it's totally "out there" but I was wondering why >> there's no support for triggers on a TRUNCATE operation. > > Because the entire point of TRUNCATE is not to scan the table contents. > > If you want to fire triggers, just use "DELETE FROM foo".
Personally, I've never used TRUNCATE within a production system (I can't even recall using an unqualified DELETE). How do you then audit a TRUNCATE performed by somebody else (who, for "political" reasons, has superuser access)? Such actions aren't limited to attacks - but may simply be the result of "I thought it was a good idea at the time". :-( Ciao. -- -------------------------------------------------------+--------------------- Daniel Baldoni BAppSc, PGradDipCompSci | Technical Director require 'std/disclaimer.pl' | LcdS Pty. Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------+ 856B Canning Hwy Phone/FAX: +61-8-9364-8171 | Applecross Mobile: 041-888-9794 | WA 6153 URL: http://www.lcds.com.au/ | Australia -------------------------------------------------------+--------------------- "Any time there's something so ridiculous that no rational systems programmer would even consider trying it, they send for me."; paraphrased from "King Of The Murgos" by David Eddings. (I'm not good, just crazy) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
