Re: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] Postgres INSERTs much slower than MySQL?

At 17:08 +0200 on 22/10/1999, Tom Lane wrote:


> In the meantime, the conventional wisdom is still that you should use
> COPY, if possible, for bulk data loading.  (If you need default values
> inserted in some columns then this won't do...)

Yes it would - in two steps. COPY to a temp table that only has the
non-default columns. Then INSERT ... SELECT ... from that temp table to
your "real" table.

Herouth

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