Just to complete the thread.
Ross
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From: "Zhang, Anna" <azhang@verisign.com>
To: "'Ross J. Reedstrom'" <reedstrm@rice.edu>
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] tuning SQL
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:08:53 -0500
Return-Receipt-To: "Zhang, Anna" <azhang@verisign.com>
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I had same thought as you. select into temp table only took a minute, then
insert into contact took 1 hour. Thanks!
Anna Zhang
-----Original Message-----
From: Ross J. Reedstrom [mailto:reedstrm@rice.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:46 PM
To: Zhang, Anna
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] tuning SQL
So, how long does the just the select take? You might be running into
something odd with selecting from and inserting into the same table: I'm
not sure of the visibility rules here. You might be better off selecting
into a new temp table (see: SELECT INTO) then inserting from that.
Ross
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