Re: Truncate if exists

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> This strikes me as just highly un-SQL-like.

+1

> I tend to agree with Noah's comment upthread:
>
>> But the syntax is a bandage for raw psql input remaining a hostile
>> environment for implementing the full range of schema changes.  Switch to
>> submitting your SQL from a richer programming environment, and these additions
>> to core syntax cease to add much.

I think the comment is generally true, but fails in the face of the
simplicity of this particular grammar addition. Also, I have the same
problem as Sébastien to understand Tom's usage example.

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
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