Merge Stewart - some documentation clean up Merge Patrick - fix bug 693130: Tests depending on archive engine should be skipped if archive isn't enabled Merge Patrick - fix bug 697292: The have_valgrind include file in the test has the opposite effect
FIXME: I don't think the below SERIAL/AUTO_INCREMENT thing below is true.
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This will delete all data in a table but unlike a DROP TABLE it will allow you to keep the table in your database. It deletes the rows but leaves all counters, such as a SERIAL, in place. ::
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TRUNCATE TABLE table_name
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TRUNCATE TABLE is typically faster than a DELETE * FROM TABLE query. An
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unbounded DELETE query will have to generate undo log data for every
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row in the table, which could be quite large. TRUNCATE TABLE is the same
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as DROP followed by CREATE except that the absence of the table between