On Thursday 29 December 2005 10:48, Arnau wrote:
>    Which is the best way to import data to tables? I have to import
> 90000 rows into a column and doing it as inserts takes ages. Would be
> faster with copy? is there any other alternative to insert/copy?

I am doing twice as big imports daily, and found the follwing method 
most efficient (other than using copy):

- Use plpgsql function to do the actual insert (or update/insert if 
needed). 

- Inside a transaction, execute SELECT statements with maximum possible 
number of insert function calls in one go.  This minimizes the number 
of round trips between the client and the server.

Teemu

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