Re: postgres copy command very slow.

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Hemapriya wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We have postgresql 7.4.1 running on Mac OS.we are
> doing a conversion from mysql to postgres. I'm
> importing the table dumps using copy command in
> postgres. Copy takes 2 min to import 427938 rows in
> one table and at the same time it takes more than 2
> hrs for 2415768 rows.. no of columns are similar in
> both the tables. i'm not able to figure out why it is
> getting too slower?

Are the field types the same? Indexes on the two tables?

For the best chance of a good diagnosis, please post full details of
both tables - constraints, indexes, and field types at least.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack
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