Re: Postgresql Bulk Loading

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Campano, Troy" <Troy(dot)Campano(at)LibertyMutual(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgresql Bulk Loading
Date: 2004-05-26 15:12:54
Message-ID: 200405261512.i4QFCs806440@candle.pha.pa.us
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Campano, Troy wrote:
> Does Postgresql have a bulk loading utility that allows you to load
> large amounts of data and doesn't write to log files (WAL files) ?
>
> I need to load over a gig of data a day and don't want it to write to
> logs.

No. We have COPY that does the load quickly, but it does still write
WAL files. However, those get recycled so it should be fast.

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