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<para>
- <command>TRUNCATE</> acquires an access exclusive lock on the
- tables in operates on, which blocks all other concurrent operations
+ <command>TRUNCATE</> acquires an <literal>ACCESS EXCLUSIVE</> lock on each
+ table it operates on, which blocks all other concurrent operations
on the table. If concurrent access to a table is required, then
the <command>DELETE</> command should be used instead.
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