PostgreSQL: Add support for * (descendant) option in TRUNCATE#2181
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Add support for the PostgreSQL TRUNCATE syntax `TRUNCATE TABLE name *` which indicates that descendant tables should also be truncated. This is the opposite of the `ONLY` keyword, and Postgres doesn't allow both. We are more permissive when parsing it and allow both to appear. Adds a `has_asterisk` field to `TruncateTableTarget` that is set to true when the `*` token follows a table name. This could be called `include_descendants` or something more semantically meaningful, but it's kind of peculiar syntax, so just mirroring the syntax itself seemed less confusing.
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Add support for the PostgreSQL TRUNCATE syntax
TRUNCATE TABLE name *which indicates that descendant tables should also be truncated. This is the opposite of theONLYkeyword, and Postgres doesn't allow both. We are more permissive when parsing it and allow both to appear.Adds a
has_asteriskfield toTruncateTableTargetthat is set to true when the*token follows a table name. This could be calledinclude_descendantsor something more semantically meaningful, but it's kind of peculiar syntax, so just mirroring the syntax itself seemed less confusing.