"scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Noah Silverman wrote:
>> Issue #1: Speed of inserts is relatively slow. 100000 inserts is
> Are you doing these in a transaction? If not, then try adding a
> begin;end; pair around your inserts. i.e.
> begin;
> insert 100000 rows
> end;
Or use a COPY command instead of retail inserts. See also the tips at
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.3/postgres/populate.html
> One is you might get some help from a multi-column index.
Yes, I'd recommend a multi-column index when no single column is
particularly selective.
regards, tom lane