You got it.. 7.3 (should have mentioned that). We're planning to upgrade to 8.0 anyway in the future, so it's good to know. Thanks!
-Aaron On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:39:21 -0400, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Birkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In a nutshell, it looks like whenever COPY is invoked, and when a user > > defined type is used in an array, then stat64() will be called for > > each row accessed on the shared library relevant for the user defined > > type. > > Let me guess ... PG 7.3 or older? > > 7.4 should avoid the problem because array_in() caches function lookup > information for the element type's input function across multiple calls. > > In 8.0 there's also a cache at the fmgr_info() level to eliminate > repeated searches for a dynamically loaded function. > > regards, tom lane > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings