Re: TRUNCATE question

Is there a TODO item here?

> Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> > I wrote:
> > > Perhaps TRUNCATE should require superuser privilege, just to protect
> > > people from themselves?
> >
> > Alternative possibilities came to mind just after I hit "send" ...
> >
> > 1. Refuse TRUNCATE if the table has any DELETE triggers. (Are there
> > any other conditions to check for?)
> >
> > 2. If the table has DELETE triggers, allow TRUNCATE only to the
> > superuser.
> >
> > Our current behavior is to allow TRUNCATE only to the table owner,
> > which seems to miss the point from a purely semantic point of view.
> > Anyone with DELETE privileges can do a universal DELETE, so why
> > shouldn't the faster alternative be available to them?
> >
> > Does Oracle have any special permission checks for TRUNCATE?
>
> Here are the rules for Oracle:
>
> 1. The table must be in your schema (i.e., you're the table owner)
> or you have been granted the DELETE ANY TABLE System Privilege. We
> need System Privileges, BTW.
>
> 2. The table cannot be truncated if it is the parent of a
> referential integrity constraint. The exception is that if the
> integrity constraint is entirely self-referencing.
>
> 3. If the table has ON DELETE triggers, the TRUNCATE does not fire
> those triggers nor does Oracle prohibit you from TRUNCATE-ing a
> table with ON DELETE triggers.
>
> 4. The TRUNCATE command generates no rollback information.
>
> 5. Like all Oracle DDL statements, TRUNCATE implicitly commits and
> begins a new transaction.
>
> I'd like to see PostgreSQL do all but #5; its been two years, but
> now I'm a believer ;-).
>
> Mike Mascari
> mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com
>
> >
> > regards, tom lane
>
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