On 20 March 2012 22:08, Jim Green <student.northwestern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 20 March 2012 22:03, David Kerr <dmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> \copy on 1.2million rows should only take a minute or two, you could make >> that table "unlogged" >> as well to speed it up more. If you could truncate / drop / create / load / >> then index the table each >> time then you'll get the best throughput. > > Thanks, Could you explain on the "runcate / drop / create / load / > then index the table each time then you'll get the best throughput." > part.. or point me to some docs?.. Also if I use copy, I would be tempted to go the one table route, or else I need to parse my raw daily file, separate to individual symbol file and copy to individual table for each symbol(this sounds like not very efficient).. > > Jim >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general