I have a scenario where I want to move 99+% of the records from one database to another, initially empty but for a set of table definitions (in practice, copied from a template file). On my Linux platform, I find that the INSERT INTO archive.my_table SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE (...) takes unreasonably long (it involves about 30MB of data).
What I would rather do is: 1) move the current database file from its current location to the archive location, 2) create a new current database (from the same template I use now for the archive) and 3) copy back, from archive to current, the rows that should *not* be archived (deleting them from the archive afterward). Clearly, I'll need to create a lock on the current database before moving it, but I can foresee complications related to the "behind-the curtain" filesystem operations being performed. If someone has worked out all the pitfalls of this scenario, I'd appreciate a recipe. Thanks, Chris _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
