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* COPY performance vs insert
@ 2020-02-12 09:25 PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
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From: PG Doc comments form @ 2020-02-12 09:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I think this could be clearer. In particular, performance of COPY vs INSERT
from a query (INSERT INTO ... SELECT FROM ...) or INSERT with a list of rows
(INSERT INTO ... VALUES (), (), (), ...)
Is there any performance benefit with COPY in those cases?
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* Re: COPY performance vs insert
@ 2020-03-17 21:02 Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2020-03-17 21:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 09:25:05AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/populate.html
> Description:
>
> I think this could be clearer. In particular, performance of COPY vs INSERT
> from a query (INSERT INTO ... SELECT FROM ...) or INSERT with a list of rows
> (INSERT INTO ... VALUES (), (), (), ...)
> Is there any performance benefit with COPY in those cases?
COPY input/outputs rows in bulk, so it is still faster to do COPY than
INSERT INTO ... SELECT FROM or INSERT INTO ... VALUES. You can run
tests to prove it.
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