If you happen to be using JDBC you can also get copy to work: http://kato.iki.fi/sw/db/postgresql/jdbc/copy/
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Merlin Moncure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Sergey A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. > > > > My application generates a large amount of inserts (~ 2000 per second) > > using one connection to PostgreSQL. All queries are buffered in memory > > and then the whole buffers are send to DB. But when I use two > > connections to PostgreSQL instead of one on dual core CPU (i.e. I use > > two processes of PostgreSQL) to insert my buffers I see that things > > goes 1.6 times faster. > > > > Using several connections in my application is somewhat tricky, so I > > want to move this problem to PostgreSQL's side. Is there any method > > for PostgreSQL to process huge inserts coming from one connection on > > different cores? > > If you are buffering inserts, you can get an easy performance boost by > using copy as others have suggested. Another approach is to use > mutli-row insert statement: > > insert into something values (1,2,3), (2,4,6), ... > > Using multiple cpu basically requires multiple connections. This can > be easy or difficult depending on how you are connecting to the > database. > > merlin > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >
