Re: COPY ... FROM and index usage

Il Sunday 04 November 2007 14:59:10 Josh Tolley ha scritto:
> On 11/4/07, Reg Me Please <regmeplease@gmail.com> 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.

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Reg me Please