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From: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Multiple tables row insertions from single psql input file
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:25:54 -0400
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On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 4:06 PM Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > With enough clever scripting you can create a .sql file that does almost
> > anything.
>
> Ron,
>
> My projects don't all use SQL so I'm far from a clever scripter. :-)
>

No one is born a scripter, much less a clever scripter.


> > Most useful to you will be some number of "ALTER TABLE <foo> DISABLE
> > TRIGGER ALL;" statements near the beginning of the file, and their "ALTER
> > TABLE ... ENABLE TRIGGER ALL;" counterparts near the end of the file.
>
> Doesn't alter table primarily apply to existing row values for specific
> columns rather than inserting new rows and their column values?
>

I don't think so.  For example, pg_dump has an option to add those
DISABLE/ENABLE TRIGGER  statements.  It makes bulk loading of records much
simpler.


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