On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:20:34PM -0800, david drummard wrote: > 1) create a new table every time a new feed file comes in. Create table with > indexes. Use the copy command to dump the data into the table. > 2) rename the current table to some old table name and rename the new table > to current table name so that applications can access them directly. That sounds like a working plan. > Should i create indexes before or after import ? I need to do this in > shortest period of time so that the data is always uptodate. Note that > incremental updates are not possible since almost every row will be changed > in the new file. You should create indexes after the import. Remember to pump up your memory settings (maintenance_work_mem) if you want this to be quick. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/
