X-Original-To: pgsql-patches-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10539FA379 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:32:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65756-09 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:32:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E0B9FA25A for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:32:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6J3WYVx015213; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:32:34 -0400 (EDT) To: Christopher Kings-Lynne cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Andrew Dunstan , Joe Conway , Bernd Helmle , Peter Eisentraut , "Patches (PostgreSQL)" , Susanne Ebrecht Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 8.2 features? In-reply-to: <44BD8854.9060506@calorieking.com> References: <44B69778.5050104@dunslane.net> <50461.84.63.113.55.1152832991.squirrel@pezone.net> <44B7ADFC.90205@dunslane.net> <44BC0432.3040509@joeconway.com> <44BC661F.80609@joeconway.com> <44BCD06C.3060409@calorieking.com> <44BCF1D4.3010807@dunslane.net> <5842.1153246741@sss.pgh.pa.us> <44BD8854.9060506@calorieking.com> Comments: In-reply-to Christopher Kings-Lynne message dated "Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:18:12 +0800" Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:32:34 -0400 Message-ID: <15212.1153279954@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200607/149 X-Sequence-Number: 20303 Christopher Kings-Lynne writes: > Strange. Last time I checked I thought MySQL dump used 'multivalue > lists in inserts' for dumps, for the same reason that we use COPY I think Andrew identified the critical point upthread: they don't try to put an unlimited number of rows into one INSERT, only a megabyte or so's worth. Typical klugy-but-effective mysql design approach ... regards, tom lane