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<command>DELETE</command> but since it does not actually scan the
table it is faster. This is most useful on large tables.
</para>
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- <para>
- <command>TRUNCATE</command> cannot be executed inside a transaction
- block (<command>BEGIN</>/<command>COMMIT</> pair), because there is
- no way to roll it back.
- </para>
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