Re: COPY command details

Benjamin Arai wrote:
> So, is there a way to defer the index updating until a later period  
> of time.  More specifically, I would like to do several COPIES to a  
> running database, then afterward force a update on the index via a  
> vacuum or something similar.

Sure, drop the index, do the COPY, and then recreate the index.  That is
done often.

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> 
> Benjamin
> 
> On Mar 29, 2007, at 1:03 AM, A. Kretschmer wrote:
> 
> > am  Thu, dem 29.03.2007, um  0:13:09 -0700 mailte Benjamin Arai  
> > folgendes:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> If I have a PostgreSQL table with records and logical indexes already
> >> created, if I use COPY to load additional data, does the COPY update
> >> the indexes during, after, or not at all?
> >
> > after, i think.
> >
> > test=# create table foo (id int primary key, name text);
> > NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index  
> > "foo_pkey" for table "foo"
> > CREATE TABLE
> > test=*# copy foo from stdin;
> > Enter data to be copied followed by a newline.
> > End with a backslash and a period on a line by itself.
> >>> 1    a
> >>> 2    b
> >>> 2    c
> >>> \.
> > ERROR:  duplicate key violates unique constraint "foo_pkey"
> > CONTEXT:  COPY foo, line 3: "2  c"
> > test=*#
> >
> >
> > I can type the wrong key and the error occurs later with the finaly \.
> >
> >
> > Andreas
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