TRUNCATE TABLE v12

Use the TRUNCATE TABLE command to remove the contents of a table, while preserving the table definition. When you truncate a table, any partitions or subpartitions of that table are also truncated. The syntax is:

TRUNCATE TABLE <table_name>

Parameters

table_name

The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the partitioned table.

Description

The TRUNCATE TABLE command removes an entire table, and the data that resides in that table. When you delete a table, any partitions or subpartitions (of that table) are deleted as well.

To use the TRUNCATE TABLE command, you must be the owner of the partitioning root, a member of a group that owns the table, the schema owner, or a database superuser.