# XtraDB Cluster locking on drop VS truncate

**URL:** https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-locking-on-drop-vs-truncate/3336
**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.x
**Created:** [March 14, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-locking-on-drop-vs-truncate/3336 "2014-03-14T05:09:23Z")
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#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-locking-on-drop-vs-truncate/3336/1 "2014-03-14T05:09:23Z")

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XtraDB Cluster locking on drop VS truncate

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### Author: ![przemek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/przemek/32/3_2.png) [@przemek](https://forums.percona.com/u/przemek)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtradb-cluster-locking-on-drop-vs-truncate/3336/2 "2014-03-23T16:57:14Z")

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Hi,  
Can you describe exactly the sequence of statements that lead to such lock? What DDL method was it - TOI? Was that a big table? How long did the drop take? What is the status of flow control and send/receive queues on the nodes?