mnesia:clear_table

[Serge Aleynikov]

Hi,

I am wondering why the mnesia:clear_table/1 function is encapsulated in 
a transaction of its own.  It prevents this function to be included in 
another transaction.

I need to clear the table and populated it within a single transaction. 
  Is there a way to do that other than iterating though all records in 
the table?

F() ->
    mnesia:write_lock_table(Tab),

    % Delete records
    Keys = mnesia:all_keys(Tab),
    [mnesia:delete(Tab, Key) || Key <- Keys],

    % Insert records
    [mnesia:write(Tab, R) || R <- Data]
end,
mnesia:transaction(F).

Thanks,

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Serge Aleynikov
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