Re: Must be owner to truncate?

* Christopher Kings-Lynne (chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au) wrote:
> >There are other reasons for restricting it:
> > * truncate takes a much stronger lock than a plain delete does.
> > * truncate is not MVCC-safe.
> >
> >I don't really agree with the viewpoint that truncate is just a quick
> >DELETE, and so I do not agree that DELETE permissions should be enough
> >to let you do a TRUNCATE.
>
> Ah. I didn't realise that 2nd point. I don't care so much about the
> stronger lock in my application.

Does truncate not being MVCC-safe cause problems in your situation? It
certainly doesn't in mine and I expect the same is true for alot of
others in the same situation.

Thanks,

Stephen