On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > I would be very surprised if xcopy did not exhibit the same > > preallocating behaviour as copy. > > I, on the other hand, would not say anything until someone tried it, and > then wouldn't be surprised if it behaved either way :-)
It pre-allocates the space as copy does. And yes, I did test :-p -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers