Re: Implicit casts to array types

Tom Lane-2 wrote
> COPY is not smart at all.  It just looks at the column types of the
> target table and assumes that the incoming data is of those types.
> (More precisely, it applies the input conversion function of each
> column's data type, after having separated and de-escaped the text
> according to datatype-independent format rules.)
>
> In that case, adjusting the source data is the way to go.  Or you could
> look at using an external ETL tool to do that for you.  We've resisted
> putting much transformational smarts into COPY because the main goal
> for it is to be as fast and reliable as possible.
>
>             regards, tom lane

I see, it's that input conversion function that I would have needed to
change.
I understand and agree, we depend on COPY FROM in many contexts to upload
huge batches of data orders of magnitude faster than INSERT. We've also used
it recently as a generic table interface for smaller configuration tables,
but you're right: speed and reliability should be the primary focus of COPY
FROM.
Thanks for all the quick responses, you guys.



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