Re: LOCK TABLE & speeding up mass data loads

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
To: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
Cc: PgSQL Performance ML <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: LOCK TABLE & speeding up mass data loads
Date: 2003-01-25 19:07:46
Message-ID: 1043521665.58142.135.camel@jester
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On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 13:57, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would LOCK TABLE ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE speed things up, when I have
> a script that loads data by setting transactions, and then committing
> works after every few thousand INSERTs?

If you're the only person working on the database, then no. If you're
fighting for resources with a bunch of other people -- then possibly,
but the others won't get anything done during this timeframe (of
course).

Oh, and you're using COPY right?

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Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>

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