Re: psql is slow and it does not take much resources

Great! Then there will be no problems.

I would use COPY but I think I can not. While moving from MySQL to
PostgreSQL I am also transforming a pair of fields, latitude,
longitude, into a geometry field, POINT, that is understood for
Potgis. I though I will not be able to use COPY when inserting data
with functions.

Thanks again all.

Javier.

On 5/3/06, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 04:28:10PM +0200, Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> > However, I'm wondering if there's a practical limit to how many rows you
> > can insert within one transaction?
>
> There's a limit of (I think) 2-4 billion commands per transaction. Each
> command can insert any number of tuples.
>
> So if you're doing one tuple per command that limits you to a few
> billion inserts per transaction. Ofcourse, COPY is always faster
> still...
>
> Have a nice day,
> --
> Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
>
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