Oups, right to the point! Thanks... -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent: October-01-14 10:38 To: Daniel Begin Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Best practices for Large import in empty database? Daniel Begin <jfd553@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am about to feed an empty database with a large import of data (the > size of csv files is about 500 GB). Tables are created but I haven't > added any constraints or indexes yet. I wonder whether the best > practice is to add them before or after the import. Are there other > good practices that would ease the import process? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/populate.html regards, tom lane -- 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