Many thanks Tony and Tom, since this was a "one time" process speed wasn't an issue... I just did a plain pg_dump with insert and explicit column names in the dump, then used vi to rename the columns and get rid of some of them... non very scientific but it worked :)
cheers. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Lane) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Reina) writes: > > If the 2 tables have different arrangements, then I'm not sure if > > there is a quick way. The safest way is probably to do a pg_dump > > --attribute-inserts. > > In recent versions (definitely 7.4, don't remember about 7.3), > pg_dump will include a column list in its COPY commands, so a > plain pg_dump should work. The way with COPY will be a good bit > faster than a pile of INSERT commands. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your > joining column's datatypes do not match ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match