Re: COPY command details

Benjamin Arai <benjamin@araisoft.com> writes:
> I would prefer not to drop the index because the database is several
> hundred gigs.  I would prefer to incrementally add to the index.

This may well be false economy.  I don't have numbers at hand, but a
full rebuild can be substantially faster than adding a large number
of rows to the index incrementally.  Also, you don't end up with a
physically disordered index, so there is some ongoing performance
benefit.

            regards, tom lane