Commit 00cbf22e authored by Peter Eisentraut's avatar Peter Eisentraut

Update compatibility section of TRUNCATE for SQL:2008 final.

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...@@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ TRUNCATE othertable CASCADE; ...@@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ TRUNCATE othertable CASCADE;
<title>Compatibility</title> <title>Compatibility</title>
<para> <para>
The draft SQL:2008 standard includes a <command>TRUNCATE</command> command, The SQL:2008 standard includes a <command>TRUNCATE</command> command with the syntax
but at this writing it is uncertain whether that will reach standardization <literal>TRUNCATE TABLE <replaceable>tablename</replaceable></literal>.
or be fully compatible with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s The clauses <literal>CONTINUE IDENTITY</literal>/<literal>RESTART IDENTITY</literal>
implementation. also appear in that standard but have slightly different but related meanings.
Some of the concurrency behavior of this command is left implementation-defined
by the standard, so the above notes should be considered and compared with
other implementations if necessary.
</para> </para>
</refsect1> </refsect1>
</refentry> </refentry>
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