From: | Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru> |
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To: | Remigiusz Sokolowski <rems(at)gdansk(dot)sprint(dot)pl> |
Cc: | Charles Tassell <ctassell(at)isn(dot)net>, Michal Samek <webmaster(at)tony(dot)cz>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] So slow inserts... Why? |
Date: | 1999-05-27 06:58:44 |
Message-ID: | 374CED24.69E7DA9A@krs.ru |
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Remigiusz Sokolowski wrote:
>
> > Try using transactions. I found when doing single inserts they could take
> > hours, but when grouping all the inserts into a single transaction, it was
> > relatively quick. It's been a while, but I believe the syntax is:
> > BEGIN
> > insert ...
> > insert ...
> > insert ...
> > COMMIT;
>
> Btw. I want to ask about how much "inserts" can I insert between BEGIN and
2^32 - 2 -:)
> END; When I do it last time ( I want to add about 1000 "inserts") - I get
> error - that buffer can contain to 20 000 characters.
> I use psql, so I'm not sure if this is a limit of psql itself or limit of
> backend.
> And may be anybody knows if it is possible change this limit and where?
You have to add ; after each insert...
Vadim
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