On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Joerg Hessdoerfer wrote:
> Good idea - I immediately tested it - rules rule! That seems to work perfectly,
> and the client doesn't even see it happen (except for 'selects', one would
> have to setup
> a rule to return something meaningful then...).
>
> I did:
> Two tables, a and b.
> Normally, insert into a.
> When Vacuuming starts, create rule on a to insert into b
> Vacuum a
> drop rule
> copy records from b to a
> vacuum b
>
> Why did you suppose three tables? Did I overlook something?
I didn't try with vacuum, I just did a table lock and that
seemed to still hang the inserts with two tables, so I figured
maximum safety was adding the third table. If it works with two
that's much cooler. Was this with real data or just a small test
set?
