On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:22 +0000, Gregory Stark wrote: > "Decibel!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > CLUSTER isn't DDL. Most forms of ALTER TABLE are. And CREATE blah, etc. > > Fwiw I would call CLUSTER DDL. Note that it does make a change that's visible > in the table definition afterwards.
Is it really ? What change does TRUNCATE make in table definition ? > > There are plenty of DDL commands which modify data (CREATE INDEX, ATLER TABLE > ALTER COLUMN TYPE). The defining characteristic of DDL is not that it doesn't > modify the data but that it does modify the table definition. > > By that definition CLUSTER is DDL and TRUNCATE is DDL if you look at the > implementation rather than the user-visible effects. > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
