On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapil...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM vignesh C <vignes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Conflict detection of truncated updates is detected as update_missing
> > and deleted update is detected as update_deleted. I was not sure if
> > truncated updates should also be detected as update_deleted, as the
> > document says truncate operation is "It has the same effect as an
> > unqualified DELETE on each table" at [1].
> >
>
> This is expected behavior because TRUNCATE would immediately reclaim
> space and remove all the data. So, there is no way to retain the
> removed row.
>

I’m not sure whether to call this expected behavior or simply acknowledge
that we have no way to control it. Logically, it would have been preferable
if it behaved like a DELETE, but we are constrained by the way TRUNCATE
works. At least that's what my opinion about this case.

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Regards,
Dilip Kumar
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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