Re: cannot get CREATE TABLE AS to work

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: "Creager, Robert S" <CreagRS(at)LOUISVILLE(dot)STORTEK(dot)COM>, sqllist <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: cannot get CREATE TABLE AS to work
Date: 2001-03-09 18:36:55
Message-ID: 3AA922C7.CFD72698@agliodbs.com
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Robert,

> I suspect that the INSERT INTO SELECT in this case will take longer than a
> CREATE TABLE AS because of the referential integrity check needed on every
> INSERT (per Tom Lane).

In that case, what about:

a) dropping the referential integrity check;
2) making the referential integrity check deferrable (there's a way to
do this, it was discussed a couple weeks ago - ask Tom).

-Josh Berkus

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