On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > insert into d (pk, c1, c2, ...) select pk, c1, c2, c3 from s > where s.pk not in (select pk from d); This insert statement might be faster: INSERT INTO d (pk, c1, c2, ... ) SELECT pk, c1, c2, ... FROM s LEFT JOIN d ON s.pk = d.pk WHERE d.pk IS NULL; -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug