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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-10-13 10:05:54 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-10-13 10:05:54 -0400
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Document who can drop a table (owner and user with permissions).
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml3
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
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+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [, ..
<para>
<command>DROP TABLE</command> removes tables from the database.
- Only its owner can drop a table. To empty a table of rows
+ Only its owner and users with the proper permissions can drop a
+ table. To empty a table of rows
without destroying the table, use <xref linkend="sql-delete">
or <xref linkend="sql-truncate">.
</para>