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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>

<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.

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