Re: COPY command details

Benjamin Arai wrote:
> I would prefer not to drop the index because the database is several
> hundred gigs. I would prefer to incrementally add to the index.

I know of now way to do that in a batch, unless you go with partitioned
tables.

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>
> Benjamin
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 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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