diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
index a1e3ecc957..c2c6dff99a 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabasePlatform implements IDatabasePlatform {
     
     protected Boolean supportsMultiThreadedTransactions;
     
+    protected boolean supportsTruncate = true;
+    
     public AbstractDatabasePlatform(SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         this.settings = settings;
     }
@@ -1178,5 +1180,19 @@ public long getEstimatedRowCount(Table table) {
         
         return getSqlTemplateDirty().queryForLong(sql);
     }
-
+    
+    
+    public String getTruncateSql(Table table) {
+        String sql = null;
+        if (supportsTruncate) {
+            sql = "truncate table ";
+        } else {
+            log.info("Truncate is not supported on " + getName() + ". Changing to equivalent delete statement");
+            sql = "delete from ";
+        }
+        String quote = getDdlBuilder().isDelimitedIdentifierModeOn() ? getDatabaseInfo().getDelimiterToken() : "";
+        sql += table.getQualifiedTableName(quote, getDatabaseInfo().getCatalogSeparator(), getDatabaseInfo().getSchemaSeparator());
+        
+        return sql;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/IDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/IDatabasePlatform.java
index 22152af51c..ab2e8380c4 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/IDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/IDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -197,4 +197,5 @@ public Object[] getObjectValues(BinaryEncoding encoding, String[] values,
     
     public long getEstimatedRowCount(Table table);
 
+    public String getTruncateSql(Table table);
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/kafka/KafkaPlatform.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/kafka/KafkaPlatform.java
index 6c26179c17..df698ba2c5 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/kafka/KafkaPlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/kafka/KafkaPlatform.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ public KafkaPlatform(SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
 		super(settings);
 		super.ddlBuilder = new KafkaDdlBuilder();
 		super.ddlReader = new KafkaDdlReader(this);
+		supportsTruncate = false;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -46,6 +47,4 @@ public ISqlTemplate getSqlTemplate() {
 	public ISqlTemplate getSqlTemplateDirty() {
 		return new KafkaSqlTemplate();
 	}
-
-	
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriter.java b/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriter.java
index af8b4db168..43c2957097 100644
--- a/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriter.java
+++ b/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriter.java
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ public class DefaultDatabaseWriter extends AbstractDatabaseWriter {
     protected final static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultDatabaseWriter.class);
     
     public static final String CUR_DATA = "DatabaseWriter.CurData";
-
+    
+    private final String ATTRIBUTE_CHANNEL_ID_RELOAD = "reload";
+    
+    private final String TRUNCATE_PATTERN = "truncate table [^ ]+";
+    
     protected IDatabasePlatform platform;
 
     protected ISqlTransaction transaction;
@@ -825,11 +829,15 @@ protected List<String> getSqlStatements(String script) {
     protected String preprocessSqlStatement(String sql) {
 		sql = FormatUtils.replace("nodeId", batch.getTargetNodeId(), sql);
 		if (targetTable != null) {
-			sql = FormatUtils.replace("catalogName", quoteString(targetTable.getCatalog()),sql);
+			sql = FormatUtils.replace("catalogName", quoteString(targetTable.getCatalog()), sql);
 			sql = FormatUtils.replace("schemaName", quoteString(targetTable.getSchema()), sql);
 			sql = FormatUtils.replace("tableName", quoteString(targetTable.getName()), sql);
-		} else if (sourceTable != null){
-			sql = FormatUtils.replace("catalogName", quoteString(sourceTable.getCatalog()),sql);
+			
+			if (ATTRIBUTE_CHANNEL_ID_RELOAD.equals(batch.getChannelId()) && sql.matches(TRUNCATE_PATTERN)) {    			
+    			sql = getPlatform().getTruncateSql(targetTable);
+			}
+		} else if (sourceTable != null) {
+			sql = FormatUtils.replace("catalogName", quoteString(sourceTable.getCatalog()), sql);
 			sql = FormatUtils.replace("schemaName", quoteString(sourceTable.getSchema()), sql);
 			sql = FormatUtils.replace("tableName", quoteString(sourceTable.getName()), sql);
 		}
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2As400DatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2As400DatabasePlatform.java
index a5c797aeb0..c56b0bf295 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2As400DatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2As400DatabasePlatform.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class Db2As400DatabasePlatform extends Db2DatabasePlatform {
 
     public Db2As400DatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        supportsTruncate = false;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2DatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2DatabasePlatform.java
index 314bccdfe6..d02d6314be 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2DatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2DatabasePlatform.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.jumpmind.db.model.Column;
+import org.jumpmind.db.model.Table;
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.AbstractJdbcDatabasePlatform;
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.DatabaseNamesConstants;
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.PermissionResult;
@@ -41,12 +42,20 @@ public class Db2DatabasePlatform extends AbstractJdbcDatabasePlatform {
 
     /* The subprotocol used by the standard DB2 driver. */
     public static final String JDBC_SUBPROTOCOL = "db2";    
-
+    
+    protected int majorVersion;
+    protected int minorVersion;
+    
     /*
      * Creates a new platform instance.
      */
     public Db2DatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);        
+        majorVersion = sqlTemplate.getDatabaseMajorVersion();
+        minorVersion = sqlTemplate.getDatabaseMinorVersion();
+        if (majorVersion < 9 || (majorVersion == 9 && minorVersion < 7)) {
+            supportsTruncate = false;
+        }
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -103,4 +112,11 @@ public PermissionResult getCreateSymTriggerPermission() {
         
         return result;
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getTruncateSql(Table table) {
+        String sql = super.getTruncateSql(table);
+        sql += " reuse storage immediate";
+        return sql;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2zOsDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2zOsDatabasePlatform.java
index d89aaf66c1..65c79305a5 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2zOsDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/db2/Db2zOsDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ public class Db2zOsDatabasePlatform extends Db2DatabasePlatform {
 
     public Db2zOsDatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        if (majorVersion < 10) {
+            supportsTruncate = false;
+        }
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/firebird/FirebirdDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/firebird/FirebirdDatabasePlatform.java
index 77d8766579..2cf1031ac8 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/firebird/FirebirdDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/firebird/FirebirdDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class FirebirdDatabasePlatform extends AbstractJdbcDatabasePlatform {
      */
     public FirebirdDatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        supportsTruncate = false;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/interbase/InterbaseDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/interbase/InterbaseDatabasePlatform.java
index b77e43e666..5571d65fbb 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/interbase/InterbaseDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/interbase/InterbaseDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
+import org.jumpmind.db.model.Table;
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.AbstractJdbcDatabasePlatform;
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.DatabaseNamesConstants;
 import org.jumpmind.db.platform.PermissionResult;
@@ -86,4 +87,10 @@ public PermissionResult getDropSymTriggerPermission() {
         return result;
     }
     
+    @Override
+    public String getTruncateSql(Table table) {
+        String sql = super.getTruncateSql(table);
+        sql += " cascade";
+        return sql;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2000DatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2000DatabasePlatform.java
index 61f1abf163..2a43f386e4 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2000DatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2000DatabasePlatform.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class MsSql2000DatabasePlatform extends AbstractJdbcDatabasePlatform {
      */
     public MsSql2000DatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        supportsTruncate = false;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2005DatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2005DatabasePlatform.java
index eac3493128..afd6e24839 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2005DatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2005DatabasePlatform.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class MsSql2005DatabasePlatform extends MsSql2000DatabasePlatform {
      */
     public MsSql2005DatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        supportsTruncate = false;
     }
     
     @Override
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2008DatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2008DatabasePlatform.java
index 37db275179..1336d0666d 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2008DatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mssql/MsSql2008DatabasePlatform.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class MsSql2008DatabasePlatform extends MsSql2005DatabasePlatform {
      */
     public MsSql2008DatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        supportsTruncate = true;
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -58,5 +59,5 @@ public long getEstimatedRowCount(Table table) {
                 "where t.name = ? and schema_name(t.schema_id) = ?",
                 table.getName(), table.getSchema());
     }
-
+    
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDatabasePlatform.java
index c075197aa6..5710f36ebc 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/postgresql/PostgreSqlDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -242,5 +242,11 @@ public long getEstimatedRowCount(Table table) {
                 "on n.oid = c.relnamespace where c.relname = ? and n.nspname = ?",
                 table.getName(), table.getSchema());
     }
-
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getTruncateSql(Table table) {
+        String sql = super.getTruncateSql(table);
+        sql += " cascade";
+        return sql;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/raima/RaimaDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/raima/RaimaDatabasePlatform.java
index b1136616c2..d9b19cb508 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/raima/RaimaDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/raima/RaimaDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class RaimaDatabasePlatform extends AbstractJdbcDatabasePlatform {
     
     public RaimaDatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings settings) {
         super(dataSource, settings);
+        supportsTruncate = false;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/sqlite/SqliteDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/sqlite/SqliteDatabasePlatform.java
index a02503ad6e..bf1bd63694 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/sqlite/SqliteDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/sqlite/SqliteDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public SqliteDatabasePlatform(DataSource dataSource, SqlTemplateSettings setting
                 "strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%f','now','localtime')");
         sqlScriptReplacementTokens.put("\\{ts([^<]*?)\\}", "$1");
         sqlScriptReplacementTokens.put("\\{d([^<]*?)\\}", "$1");
+        supportsTruncate = false;
     }
 
     @Override