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authorSusan LoVerso <sue@wiredtiger.com>2016-01-21 13:52:30 -0500
committerSusan LoVerso <sue@wiredtiger.com>2016-01-21 13:52:30 -0500
commit3ebb794e333b96bbcf433da705d633c479806bee (patch)
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parent004375017afe651c39b48c541b91d451b8a6c4ba (diff)
downloadmongo-3ebb794e333b96bbcf433da705d633c479806bee.tar.gz
WT-2275 Update the upgrading documentation.
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@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ already-deleted rows.) To match the previous behavior, specify the
\c append configuration string when opening the column-store bulk-load
cursor; this causes the cursor's key to be ignored and each inserted row
will be assigned the next record number.
+</dd>
+
+<dt>Change to WT_SESSION::truncate with URI</dt>
+<dd>
+If using the WT_SESSION::truncate API with a file: URI for a full table
+truncate, underlying algorithmic changes result in some visible differences.
+This call can now return WT_ROLLBACK. Applications should be prepared to
+handle this error. This method no longer requires exclusive access to the
+table. Also the underlying disk space may not be immediately
+reclaimed when the call returns. The performance of this API may differ
+from earlier releases.
+</dd>
</dl><hr>
@section version_270 Upgrading to Version 2.7.0