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From: Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: 1 milion data insertion
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:46:55 -0400
Message-ID: <20020726144655.K18001@mail.libertyrms.com> (raw)
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On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 03:34:12PM -0300, Elielson Fontanezi wrote:
> 
> the log has overflowed.

No, new WAL files were created.  You can increase the number of
preallocated WAL files so that you don't get these messages.  See the
administrator docs.

> 	But, from you, great PostGres DBA's, what is the best way to
> insert a large number of data?

With COPY, just as you did.

> 	Is there a way to turn off the log?

No.

> 	Is there a way to commit each 100 records?

Sure.  Use Perl or something to copy and commit every so many records.
A

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