diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fb6941572..a2a6c902a 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
-2002-04-21 Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
+2002-04-22 Loïc Chapeaux  <lolo@phpheaven.net>
 	* lang/slovak-win1250.inc.php3: completed, thanks to Peter Svec.
 
 2002-04-22 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $Source$
 2002-04-22 Alexander M. Turek  <rabus@users.sourceforge.net>
     * lang/russian-koi8.inc.php3: fixed a typo (bug #546981).
     * lang/german.inc.php3: better syntax.
+    * db_details.php3, mult_submits.inx.php3, tbl_properties.php3:
+      Use TRUNCATE instead of DELETE when using MySQL 4.
 
 2002-04-21 Alexander M. Turek  <rabus@users.sourceforge.net>
     * main.php3: Restarted work on patch #538740 (get users priv. with
diff --git a/db_details.php3 b/db_details.php3
index 150113805..91ca91eb5 100755
--- a/db_details.php3
+++ b/db_details.php3
@@ -224,11 +224,19 @@ else if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 32303) {
         <?php
         if (!empty($sts_data['Rows'])) {
             echo '<a href="sql.php3?' . $url_query
-                 . '&amp;sql_query='
-                 . urlencode('DELETE FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table))
-                 . '&amp;zero_rows='
-                 . urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenEmptied, htmlspecialchars($table)))
-                 . '" onclick="return confirmLink(this, \'DELETE FROM ' . PMA_jsFormat($table) . '\')">' . $strEmpty . '</a>';
+                 . '&amp;sql_query=';
+            if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 40000) {
+                echo urlencode('TRUNCATE ' . PMA_backquote($table))
+                     . '&amp;zero_rows='
+                     . urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenEmptied, htmlspecialchars($table)))
+                     . '" onclick="return confirmLink(this, \'TRUNCATE ';
+            } else {
+                echo urlencode('DELETE FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table))
+                     . '&amp;zero_rows='
+                     . urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenEmptied, htmlspecialchars($table)))
+                     . '" onclick="return confirmLink(this, \'DELETE FROM ';
+            }
+            echo PMA_jsFormat($table) . '\')">' . $strEmpty . '</a>';
         } else {
              echo $strEmpty;
         }
diff --git a/mult_submits.inc.php3 b/mult_submits.inc.php3
index dd9746e42..412751990 100644
--- a/mult_submits.inc.php3
+++ b/mult_submits.inc.php3
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ if (!empty($submit_mult) && !empty($what)) {
 //                break;
 
             case 'empty_tbl':
-                $full_query .= 'DELETE FROM '
-                            . PMA_backquote(htmlspecialchars(urldecode($selected[$i])))
+                if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 40000) {
+                    $full_query .= 'TRUNCATE ';
+                } else {
+                    $full_query .= 'DELETE FROM ';
+                }
+                $full_query .= PMA_backquote(htmlspecialchars(urldecode($selected[$i])))
                             . ';<br />';
                 break;
 
diff --git a/tbl_properties.php3 b/tbl_properties.php3
index a1dd832d5..4e103ce81 100755
--- a/tbl_properties.php3
+++ b/tbl_properties.php3
@@ -158,8 +158,27 @@ if ($num_rows > 0) {
         <b><?php echo $strSelect; ?></b></a> ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
     [ <a href="tbl_change.php3?<?php echo $url_query; ?>">
         <b><?php echo $strInsert; ?></b></a> ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-    [ <a href="sql.php3?<?php echo $url_query; ?>&amp;sql_query=<?php echo urlencode('DELETE FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table)); ?>&amp;zero_rows=<?php echo urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenEmptied, htmlspecialchars($table))); ?>"
-         onclick="return confirmLink(this, 'DELETE FROM <?php echo PMA_jsFormat($table); ?>')">
+    [ <?php
+    echo '<a href="sql.php3?' . $url_query . '&amp;sql_query=';
+    if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 40000) {
+        echo urlencode('TRUNCATE ' . PMA_backquote($table))
+             . '&amp;zero_rows='
+             . urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenEmptied, htmlspecialchars($table)))
+             . '"' . "\n"
+             . '         onclick="return confirmLink(this, \'TRUNCATE ';
+    } // end if
+    else {
+        echo urlencode('DELETE FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table))
+             . '&amp;zero_rows='
+             . urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenEmptied, htmlspecialchars($table)))
+             . '"'
+             . "\n"
+             . '         onclick="return confirmLink(this, \'DELETE FROM ';
+    } // end else
+    echo PMA_jsFormat($table)
+         . '\')">'
+         . "\n";
+    ?>
          <b><?php echo $strEmpty; ?></b></a> ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
     [ <a href="sql.php3?<?php echo ereg_replace('tbl_properties.php3$', 'db_details.php3', $url_query); ?>&amp;back=tbl_properties.php3&amp;reload=1&amp;sql_query=<?php echo urlencode('DROP TABLE ' . PMA_backquote($table)); ?>&amp;zero_rows=<?php echo urlencode(sprintf($strTableHasBeenDropped, htmlspecialchars($table))); ?>"
          onclick="return confirmLink(this, 'DROP TABLE <?php echo PMA_jsFormat($table); ?>')">