[postgis-users] shp2pgsql creates spatial index *before* it inserts data? Is that right?

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Ethan,

Ethan Alpert wrote:
> Having just upgraded from a very old version I was playing with some of
> the new (for me at least) options to shp2pgsql.
> One thing that struck me as odd is that shp2pgsql when called with –I
> creates the index before it inserts data. Shouldn’t the index be created
> after?
> Just curious. I’m using postgresql 8.1.3 and postgis 1.1.1

Functionally, it is equivialent, but perfomance wise, it is much better
to create the index afterwards.

Patches are welcome.
HTH,
Markus
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