From b548eb3e7b57d2e54e26b104bb0932ef82ef7c16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andrew W. Hill" <andrewxhill@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 10:59:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] should clear data at the start of each run

---
 geocoder/admin0/sql/build_synonym_table.sql | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/geocoder/admin0/sql/build_synonym_table.sql b/geocoder/admin0/sql/build_synonym_table.sql
index 2a689ef..2ec3655 100644
--- a/geocoder/admin0/sql/build_synonym_table.sql
+++ b/geocoder/admin0/sql/build_synonym_table.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 
 ---- ADMIN0_SYNONYMS ---
+
+-- clear all existing data from the table --
+DELETE FROM admin0_synonyms;
+
 -- insert data from ne_admin_0 into admin0_synonyms
 -- the name column from ne_10m_countries is assigned a rank of 0
 INSERT INTO admin0_synonyms (name, rank, adm0_a3)
@@ -79,4 +83,4 @@ DELETE FROM admin0_synonyms
                 FROM admin0_synonyms 
                 WHERE name_ = a.name_ 
                   AND adm0_a3 = a.adm0_a3 
-                  AND rank < a.rank));
\ No newline at end of file
+                  AND rank < a.rank));