Re: batch insert/update

Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
>
> What if you know in advance what are the row that should be inserted
> and you've a batch of rows that should be updated?
>
> Is it still the fasted system to insert them all in a temp table with
> copy?
>
> What about the one that have to be updated if you've all the columns,
> not just the changed ones?
> Is it faster to delete & insert or to update?
>
> updates comes with the same pk as the destination table.
>
> thx
>
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