Loading data from flat files

Loading data into your database is one of the most important tasks. You need to do this accurately and quickly. Here's how.

Getting ready

You'll need a copy of pgloader, which is commonly available in all main software distribution.

At the time of writing, the current stable version is 3.4.1. The 3.x series is a major rewrite, with many additional features, and the 2.x series is now considered obsolete.

How to do it...

PostgreSQL includes a command named COPY that provides the basic data load/unload mechanism. The COPY command doesn...