On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
> Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> writes:
> > My alternative is to use delete from <table>. Besides been slower I wonder
> > if this would not make my "vacuum analyze" run much slower.
>
> Consider TRUNCATE TABLE
Thanks for the info. Didn't know about truncate table
> so the drop/create/fill might be a better bet if you are worried
> about bad data during the fill.
I just had such a case. The table I was importing had a '\' and postgreSQL
didn't like it. I guess it must have some special meaning.
