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<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
- The draft SQL:2008 standard includes a <command>TRUNCATE</command> command,
- but at this writing it is uncertain whether that will reach standardization
- or be fully compatible with <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s
- implementation.
+ The SQL:2008 standard includes a <command>TRUNCATE</command> command with the syntax
+ <literal>TRUNCATE TABLE <replaceable>tablename</replaceable></literal>.
+ The clauses <literal>CONTINUE IDENTITY</literal>/<literal>RESTART IDENTITY</literal>
+ also appear in that standard but have slightly different but related meanings.
+ Some of the concurrency behavior of this command is left implementation-defined
+ by the standard, so the above notes should be considered and compared with
+ other implementations if necessary.
</para>
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