Essentially, we insert a set of columns into a table, and each row fires a trigger function which calls a very large stored procedure
For inserting lots of rows, COPY is much faster than INSERT because it parses data (a lot) faster and is more "data-stream-friendly". However the actual inserting into the tbale and trigger-calling has to be done for both.
If the trigger is a "very large stored procedure" it is very likely that executing it will take a lot more time than parsing & executing the INSERT. So, using COPY instead of INSERT will not gain you anything.
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