Re: insert vs select into performance - Mailing list pgsql-performance

Michael Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 11:01:15PM +0200, Thomas Finneid wrote:
>> Arjen van der Meijden wrote:
>>> Have you also tried the COPY-statement? Afaik select into is similar
>>> to what happens in there.
>>
>> No, because it only works on file to db or vice versa not table to table.
>
> I don't understand how the insert you described is table to table?

SELECT INTO is table to table, so is INSERT INTO SELECT FROM.

regards

thomas