Re: Bulk Insert and Index use

From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bulk Insert and Index use
Date: 2004-08-11 02:24:31
Message-ID: m34qna76ow.fsf@wolfe.cbbrowne.com
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In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, tech(at)wildcash(dot)com (Rudi Starcevic) transmitted:
> A minute for your thoughts and/or suggestions would be great.

Could you give a more concrete example? E.g. - the DDL for the
table(s), most particularly.

At first guess, I think you're worrying about a nonissue. Each insert
will lead to a _modification_ of the various indices, which costs
_something_, but which is WAY less expensive than creating each index
from scratch.

But perhaps I'm misreading things; DDL for the intended tables and
indices would be real handy.
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