On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 18:36, runner <runner(at)winning(dot)com> wrote:
> Tried removing the indexes and other constraints just for
> the import but for a noob like me, this was too much to ask. Maybe
> when I get more experience.
pgAdmin should make it pretty easy. Choose each index and constraint,
save the code from the "SQL pane" for when you need to restore it, and
do a right click -> Drop
> Other than being very inefficient, and consuming
> more time than necessary, is there any other down side to importing
> into an indexed table?
Doing so will result in somewhat larger (more bloated) indexes, but
generally the performance impact of this is minimal.
Regards,
Marti