On 10/16/2014 11:17 AM, Steve Wampler wrote:
On 10/16/2014 10:44 AM, Rob Sargent wrote:
On 10/16/2014 11:38 AM, David G Johnston wrote:
COPY is dumb but fast.  If you need logic you need to add it yourself.
Either before the copy or copy into a temporary UNLOGGED table and write
smart SQL to migrate from that to the live table.

You can also put smarts into a trigger.

Never thought about a trigger on a COPY before.  I'll look into that and
see what the hit is.

I was kinda hoping there was the equivalent of \N for indicating the use
of a default value instead of a null value, but I accept that such a thing
might be too expensive for COPY's goal in life.

Maybe the best approach is to switch to a batched insert, which might be
fast enough for my needs.

Might want to take a look at pg_bulkload:

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

in particular its FILTER function:

http://pgbulkload.projects.pgfoundry.org/pg_bulkload.html#filter


Thanks for the suggestions!



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