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# Truncate All Rows
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Given a postgres database, if you want to delete all rows in a table, you
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can use the `DELETE` query without any conditions.
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```sql
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> delete from pokemons;
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DELETE 151
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```
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Though `DELETE` can do the job, if you really are deleting all rows to clear
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out a table, you are better off using `TRUNCATE`. A `TRUNCATE` query will be
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faster than a `DELETE` query because it will just delete the rows without
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scanning them as it goes.
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```sql
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> truncate pokemons;
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TRUNCATE TABLE
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```
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[source](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-truncate.html)
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