| From: | Don Seiler <don(at)seiler(dot)us> |
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| To: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Srinivas Karthik V <skarthikv(dot)iitb(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Bulk Insert into PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 2018-06-27 20:36:42 |
| Message-ID: | CAHJZqBAjGNHT3ZyvkoU_ED6y5YQBVcVSzmqG+Hctj2k33LX3Og@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 6:25 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
>
>
>> Other parameters are set to default value. Moreover, I have specified the
>> primary key constraint during table creation. This is the only possible
>> index being created before data loading and I am sure there are no other
>> indexes apart from the primary key column(s).
>>
>
When doing initial bulk data loads, I would suggest not applying ANY
constraints or indexes on the table until after the data is loaded.
Especially unique constraints/indexes, those will slow things down A LOT.
>
> The main factor is using COPY instead INSERTs.
>
>
+1 to COPY.
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Don Seiler
www.seiler.us
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