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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Shinya Kato <shinya11.kato@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Add LIMIT option to COPY FROM
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Shinya Kato <shinya11.kato@gmail.com> writes:
> I'd like to propose adding a LIMIT option to COPY FROM, which limits
> the number of rows to load.

Do we really need this?  Each random feature we load onto COPY
slows it down for everybody.

			regards, tom lane