Il Sunday 04 November 2007 14:59:10 Josh Tolley ha scritto: > On 11/4/07, Reg Me Please <regmeplease@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I'd like to know whether the indexes on a table are updated or not during > > a "COPY ... FROM" request. > > > > That is, should I drop all indexes during a "COPY ... FROM" in order to > > gain the maximum speed to load data? > > > > Thanks. > > Although questions of "which is faster" often depend very heavily on > the data involved, the database schema, the hardware, etc., typically > people find it best to drop all indexes during a large import and > recreate them afterward. > > - Josh/eggyknap This sounds very reasonable to me. But the first question remains unanswered: Are the indexes updated during the COPY ... FROM ? Thanks again. -- Reg me Please ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly