On 7/19/05, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Petrilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Are you sure the backend is reading directly from the file, and not > >> through psql? (\copy, or COPY FROM STDIN, would go through psql.) > > > The exact command is: > > COPY test (columnlist...) FROM '/tmp/loadfile'; > > I tried to replicate this by putting a ton of COPY commands like that > into a file and doing "psql -f file ...". I don't see more than about > 0.3% CPU going to psql. So there's something funny about your test > conditions. How *exactly* are you invoking psql?
It is a subprocess of a Python process, driven using a pexpect interchange. I send the COPY command, then wait for the '=#' to come back. Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
