Re: Multiple tables row insertions from single psql input file

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 4:06 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > With enough clever scripting you can create a .sql file that does almost
> > anything.
>
> Ron,
>
> My projects don't all use SQL so I'm far from a clever scripter. :-)
>

No one is born a scripter, much less a clever scripter.

> > Most useful to you will be some number of "ALTER TABLE <foo> DISABLE
> > TRIGGER ALL;" statements near the beginning of the file, and their "ALTER
> > TABLE ... ENABLE TRIGGER ALL;" counterparts near the end of the file.
>
> Doesn't alter table primarily apply to existing row values for specific
> columns rather than inserting new rows and their column values?
>

I don't think so. For example, pg_dump has an option to add those
DISABLE/ENABLE TRIGGER statements. It makes bulk loading of records much
simpler.