Re: Continuous inserts...

hi!

At 11:38 17.08.00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi All.
>
>Shouldn't Postgres block while vacuuming, and then
>continue inserting starting where it left off? Is the
>time lag too much?

For me - yes. My app can accept some hundredes of ms time lag - not
seconds or, like with a VACUUM, minutes (I've seen it taking hours,
but that was a _LARGE_ table on 6.5.x).

>I am curious because I am going to build a similar app
>soon, basically parsing and inserting log file
>entries.

Rules do the trick - insert into a second table unnoticed by the inserter
client. See my previous posting for slightly more detail.

Greetings,
Joerg
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