On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Vincenzo Romano <vincenzo.romano@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The alternative is to do things the "good ol' way" by DELETING+INSERTING > (http://tapoueh.org/blog/2013/07/05-archiving-data-fast.html) > Where I'd fear for longer LOCKs. I don't know if this is an option for your case study, but you could also exploit schemas to achieve the result: placing the new table into a new schema and changing the search path (disallowing access to the old schema). Of course this means you are able to lock out your clients during the migration or you need to use some rule to redirect queries. Luca -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general