Re: slow INSERTS :((

hi ,
Actually i am building a high end search engine which requires one time
monsterous INSERTs(done by a single script).This is what takes a looot
of time and i was worried abt it.
I read that setting fsync=false will help (but also since wal logs
are used ... will it help that much?).I am not much concerned abt the
data loses as i already have it backed up(in raw form which the script
parses and inserts in the db ) and am solely
concerned that they get *inserted* in the database.
For search purpose i am creating a couple of indexes also ...
should i drop them initially and create them later?
Isnt the following query supported in postgresql (it is surely useful and
supported in MySQL )
CREATE INDEX t_index ON (NAME(20) , ID);
Mysql users might be knowing NAME(20) that it indexes only on first
20 chars of the field NAME.
Postgresql refused to take this and as a result i have indexes made
on fields whose length is like 200 chars.
any kind of help would be appriciated
thanks

> > hi ,
> > I have migrated from MySql to PostgreSQL and i find that inserts are
> > extremly slow.The things which used to be done in 10-15 mins in mysql
> > take 1.5 hrs in pgsql(though i expected double or triple the time but
> > not 8 times...omg).
> > I am using pgsql-7.1 with Redhat linux 7.2
> > Tips to increase and improve performace would be appriciated.
> > thanks for any help
>
> To help, we need to know what you are doing, how you have configured,
> &c. Are you running in one transaction? Check the archives for lots
> of performance posts.
>
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