Re: [GENERAL] Emptying a database.

>you just want to dump all the data? just use delete then..
>
>DELETE FROM tablename;
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>Deletes all the data in the table....
>

Yes (thanks ;) ), but I want to do so for ALL my tables within a db without
having to type in the command for each table (I mean currently I have 20
tables but I'm likely to have more).

The way around it I've thought of is to write a delete for each table in a
file and then just run them with \i.

I just wondered if there was a pg command to do so (a 'flush' as it were).

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>On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Stuart Rison wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I'm currently doing some database design work and find myself entering
>> loads of test records into my database tables.
>>
>> Occasionally I want to 'flush' out the database (i.e. keep all tables,
>> views, etc. but delete all records). Currently I have to pg_dump the
>> database and then use a text editor to cut out all the 'copy' statements
>> out and recreate a 'new' database.
>>
>> Is there a way of flushing the content of all tables?
>>
>> Thanks for any help you may provide.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Stuart.
>>

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