Comment by dumbo-octopus
2 years ago
I used the first definition of delete I found which, while arguably “archaic”, matches the modern technical term almost exactly. We’d typically call that a well known word with a clear meaning.
And sure, the DELETE FROM statement in postgres - or any other standards compliment sql db I know.
In technical writing you often don't want to use the dictionary for definitions, similar to how words in a contract can have unexpected meaning in a legal setting.
For Postgres you've got to consider vacuum. Auto vacuum is enabled by default. Deleted rows are removed unless you go out of your way to make it do something different.