Permalink Database

Regarding the permalinks database ... on some installations, I can view/manage the generated permalinks from the CMSB Admin and on others, only the manually entered records are available.  I understand why it would be best to hide the generated permalinks to prevent deletion or edit once the site is done, but during development I would like to be able to delete and regenerate them without having to log in to MySQL admin. I am tinkering with the link generation process and need to delete all the experimental garbage in the table.  There has to be a setting somewhere that handles that because I think I remember Damon saying that he did it on a site he was helping me with.