diff --git a/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs b/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
index 9a9963ed3259..7274ea7a9d47 100644
--- a/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self::default()
     }
+
     /// Get the names of all registered tables, in sorted order.
     pub fn get_tables(&self) -> Vec<String> {
         let mut tables = Vec::from_iter(self.table_map.keys().cloned());
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
                 ..
             } => self.execute_drop_table(stmt)?,
             stmt @ Statement::Explain { .. } => self.execute_explain(stmt)?,
+            stmt @ Statement::Truncate { .. } => self.execute_truncate_table(stmt)?,
             _ => polars_bail!(
                 ComputeError: "SQL statement type {:?} is not supported", ast,
             ),
@@ -262,19 +264,43 @@ impl SQLContext {
     fn execute_drop_table(&mut self, stmt: &Statement) -> PolarsResult<LazyFrame> {
         match stmt {
             Statement::Drop { names, .. } => {
-                for name in names {
+                names.iter().for_each(|name| {
                     self.table_map.remove(&name.to_string());
-                }
+                });
                 Ok(DataFrame::empty().lazy())
             },
             _ => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
 
+    fn execute_truncate_table(&mut self, stmt: &Statement) -> PolarsResult<LazyFrame> {
+        if let Statement::Truncate {
+            table_name,
+            partitions,
+            ..
+        } = stmt
+        {
+            match partitions {
+                None => {
+                    let tbl = table_name.to_string();
+                    if let Some(lf) = self.table_map.get_mut(&tbl) {
+                        *lf = DataFrame::from(lf.schema().unwrap().as_ref()).lazy();
+                        Ok(lf.clone())
+                    } else {
+                        polars_bail!(ComputeError: "table '{}' does not exist", tbl);
+                    }
+                },
+                _ => polars_bail!(ComputeError: "TRUNCATE does not support use of 'partitions'"),
+            }
+        } else {
+            unreachable!()
+        }
+    }
+
     fn register_ctes(&mut self, query: &Query) -> PolarsResult<()> {
         if let Some(with) = &query.with {
             if with.recursive {
-                polars_bail!(ComputeError: "Recursive CTEs are not supported")
+                polars_bail!(ComputeError: "recursive CTEs are not supported")
             }
             for cte in &with.cte_tables {
                 let cte_name = cte.alias.name.to_string();
diff --git a/py-polars/polars/lazyframe/frame.py b/py-polars/polars/lazyframe/frame.py
index 805b96c2e415..cbbff5bcf75b 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/lazyframe/frame.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/lazyframe/frame.py
@@ -2761,7 +2761,7 @@ def clear(self, n: int = 0) -> LazyFrame:
         ...         "c": [True, True, False, None],
         ...     }
         ... )
-        >>> lf.clear().fetch()
+        >>> lf.clear().collect()
         shape: (0, 3)
         ┌─────┬─────┬──────┐
         │ a   ┆ b   ┆ c    │
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@ def clear(self, n: int = 0) -> LazyFrame:
         ╞═════╪═════╪══════╡
         └─────┴─────┴──────┘
 
-        >>> lf.clear(2).fetch()
+        >>> lf.clear(2).collect()
         shape: (2, 3)
         ┌──────┬──────┬──────┐
         │ a    ┆ b    ┆ c    │
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/sql/test_table_operations.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/sql/test_table_operations.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9189449ebb96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/sql/test_table_operations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from datetime import date
+
+import pytest
+
+import polars as pl
+from polars.exceptions import ComputeError
+from polars.testing import assert_frame_equal
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def test_frame() -> pl.LazyFrame:
+    return pl.LazyFrame(
+        {
+            "x": [1, 2, 3],
+            "y": ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc"],
+            "z": [date(2000, 12, 31), date(1978, 11, 15), date(2077, 10, 20)],
+        },
+        schema_overrides={"x": pl.UInt8},
+    )
+
+
+def test_drop_table(test_frame: pl.LazyFrame) -> None:
+    # 'drop' completely removes the table from sql context
+    expected = pl.DataFrame()
+
+    with pl.SQLContext(frame=test_frame, eager_execution=True) as ctx:
+        res = ctx.execute("DROP TABLE frame")
+        assert_frame_equal(res, expected)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ComputeError, match="'frame' was not found"):
+            ctx.execute("SELECT * FROM frame")
+
+
+def test_explain_query(test_frame: pl.LazyFrame) -> None:
+    # 'explain' returns the query plan for the given sql
+    with pl.SQLContext(frame=test_frame) as ctx:
+        plan = (
+            ctx.execute("EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM frame")
+            .select(pl.col("Logical Plan").str.concat(""))
+            .collect()
+            .item()
+        )
+        assert (
+            re.search(
+                pattern=r'SELECT.+?"x".+?"y".+?"z".+?FROM.+?PROJECT.+?COLUMNS',
+                string=plan,
+                flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+            )
+            is not None
+        )
+
+
+def test_show_tables(test_frame: pl.LazyFrame) -> None:
+    # 'show tables' lists all tables registered with the sql context in sorted order
+    with pl.SQLContext(
+        tbl3=test_frame,
+        tbl2=test_frame,
+        tbl1=test_frame,
+    ) as ctx:
+        res = ctx.execute("SHOW TABLES").collect()
+        assert_frame_equal(res, pl.DataFrame({"name": ["tbl1", "tbl2", "tbl3"]}))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "truncate_sql",
+    [
+        "TRUNCATE TABLE frame",
+        "TRUNCATE frame",
+    ],
+)
+def test_truncate_table(truncate_sql: str, test_frame: pl.LazyFrame) -> None:
+    # 'truncate' preserves the table, but optimally drops all rows within it
+    expected = pl.DataFrame(schema=test_frame.schema)
+
+    with pl.SQLContext(frame=test_frame, eager_execution=True) as ctx:
+        res = ctx.execute(truncate_sql)
+        assert_frame_equal(res, expected)
+
+        res = ctx.execute("SELECT * FROM frame")
+        assert_frame_equal(res, expected)
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/test_lazy.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/test_lazy.py
index 83784ca17cb0..0a98b99f95f3 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/test_lazy.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/test_lazy.py
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ def test_self_join() -> None:
                 pl.col("employee_name_right").alias("manager_name"),
             ]
         )
-        .fetch()
+        .collect()
     )
     assert set(out.rows()) == {
         (100, "James", None),