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TRUNCATING a table works by issuing an RPC to all the nodes which call database::truncate_table_on_all_shards(), which makes sure that older writes are dropped. It works with tablets, but is not safe.

Updating fact rows inside a star schema set of tables is never a best practice. Even so, some organizations travel down this path. Consultants occasionally will go so far as to embrace the idea of ...

Having something like TRUNCATE to quickly empty an existing table seems desirable (e.g., http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/sql-truncate.html). Note that ...

As I mentioned in another thread, I'm beginning on my first large-scale ETL project. I'll be replacing an existing system that works, fixing a few bugs along the way. I'd like to take the opportunity ...