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From: Mladen Gogala <mladen.gogala@vmsinfo.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Postgres insert performance and storage requirement compared to Oracle
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:02:55 -0400
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On 10/26/2010 11:41 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> yup, that's exactly what I mean -- this will give you more uniform
> insert performance (your temp table doesn't even need indexes).  Every
> N records (say 10000) you send to permanent and truncate the temp
> table.  Obviously, this is more fragile approach so weigh the
> pros/cons carefully.
>
> merlin

Truncate temporary table? What a horrible advice! All that you need is 
the temporary table to delete rows on commit.

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