docs: include option 'delete_rows' in docstrings. fixed the doctest suite after adding a new example using 'delete_rows' to it.

Author: gmcrocetti

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ def to_sql(
         con,
         *,
         schema: str | None = None,
-        if_exists: Literal["fail", "replace", "append"] = "fail",
+        if_exists: Literal["fail", "replace", "append", "delete_rows"] = "fail",
         index: bool = True,
         index_label: IndexLabel | None = None,
         chunksize: int | None = None,
@@ -2825,12 +2825,13 @@ def to_sql(
         schema : str, optional
             Specify the schema (if database flavor supports this). If None, use
             default schema.
-        if_exists : {'fail', 'replace', 'append'}, default 'fail'
+        if_exists : {'fail', 'replace', 'append', 'delete_rows'}, default 'fail'
             How to behave if the table already exists.
 
             * fail: Raise a ValueError.
             * replace: Drop the table before inserting new values.
             * append: Insert new values to the existing table.
+            * delete_rows: If a table exists, delete all records and insert data.
 
         index : bool, default True
             Write DataFrame index as a column. Uses `index_label` as the column
@@ -2900,6 +2901,7 @@ def to_sql(
         --------
         Create an in-memory SQLite database.
 
+        >>> import pandas as pd
         >>> from sqlalchemy import create_engine
         >>> engine = create_engine('sqlite://', echo=False)
 
@@ -2933,7 +2935,7 @@ def to_sql(
         >>> df2.to_sql(name='users', con=engine, if_exists='append')
         2
         >>> with engine.connect() as conn:
-        ...     conn.execute(text("SELECT * FROM users")).fetchall()
+        ...     conn.execute(text("SELECT * FROM users")).fetchall()  # doctest: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
         [(0, 'User 1'), (1, 'User 2'), (2, 'User 3'),
          (0, 'User 4'), (1, 'User 5'), (0, 'User 6'),
          (1, 'User 7')]
@@ -2947,6 +2949,16 @@ def to_sql(
         ...     conn.execute(text("SELECT * FROM users")).fetchall()
         [(0, 'User 6'), (1, 'User 7')]
 
+        Delete all rows before inserting new records with ``df3``
+
+        >>> df3 = pd.DataFrame({"name": ['User 8', 'User 9']})
+        >>> df3.to_sql(name='users', con=engine, if_exists='delete_rows',
+        ...            index_label='id')
+        2
+        >>> with engine.connect() as conn:
+        ...     conn.execute(text("SELECT * FROM users")).fetchall()
+        [(0, 'User 8'), (1, 'User 9')]
+
         Use ``method`` to define a callable insertion method to do nothing
         if there's a primary key conflict on a table in a PostgreSQL database.