>The reason why copy is faster is because it doesn't have to >parse/plan/execute all the queries. In exchange you can't use >expressions or joins to fill the table, only raw data. In other words, COPY has no hidden catches, and I should go with it and don't worry. Correct interpretation? ;) >Binary may be slightly faster because the datum parsing can be >partially skipped, but that's hardly much benefit over a text copy. I know example where it is up to three times faster. It depends on data. -- Best regards Ilja Golshtein
