Re: Postgres batch write very slow - what to do - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: Postgres batch write very slow - what to do
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Msg-id 9e4684ce0703162152u4abe97fcg64d0804f57ce95b1@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Postgres batch write very slow - what to do  (femski <hypertree@yahoo.com>)
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On 3/13/07, femski <hypertree@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a batch application that writes approx. 4 million rows into a narrow
> table. I am using JDBC addBatch/ExecuteBatch with auto commit turned off.
> Batch size is 100. So far I am seeing Postgres take roughly five times the
> time it takes to do this in the Oracle.

you can try to use pg_bulkload.
since it is called as standard function you shouldn't have problems
with jdbc. and it's apparently fast.

depesz

http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgbulkload/

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