Re: Best practices for Large import in empty database? - Mailing list pgsql-general

Daniel Begin <jfd553@hotmail.com> writes:
> I am about to feed an empty database with a large import of data (the size
> of csv files is about 500 GB). Tables are created but I haven't added any
> constraints or indexes yet. I wonder whether the best practice is to add
> them before or after the import. Are there other good practices that would
> ease the import process?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/populate.html

            regards, tom lane