"Anton Melser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for your reply. I am managing a db that has some export scripts
> that don't do a drop/create, but rather a delete from at the start of
> the proc (6 or 7 tables used for this, and only this). Now given that
> there is no vacuuming at all going on - this is clearly suboptimal but
> in the general case is this better/worse than using temporary tables?
Delete all rows, you mean? Have you considered TRUNCATE?
regards, tom lane
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