Re: COPY command details

So, is there a way to defer the index updating until a later period
of time.  More specifically, I would like to do several COPIES to a
running database, then afterward force a update on the index via a
vacuum or something similar.

Benjamin

On Mar 29, 2007, at 1:03 AM, A. Kretschmer wrote:

> am  Thu, dem 29.03.2007, um  0:13:09 -0700 mailte Benjamin Arai
> folgendes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> If I have a PostgreSQL table with records and logical indexes already
>> created, if I use COPY to load additional data, does the COPY update
>> the indexes during, after, or not at all?
>
> after, i think.
>
> test=# create table foo (id int primary key, name text);
> NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
> "foo_pkey" for table "foo"
> CREATE TABLE
> test=*# copy foo from stdin;
> Enter data to be copied followed by a newline.
> End with a backslash and a period on a line by itself.
>>> 1    a
>>> 2    b
>>> 2    c
>>> \.
> ERROR:  duplicate key violates unique constraint "foo_pkey"
> CONTEXT:  COPY foo, line 3: "2  c"
> test=*#
>
>
> I can type the wrong key and the error occurs later with the finaly \.
>
>
> Andreas
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