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Bulk Loading of Data into PostgreSQL Using the COPY Command

In this hands-on lab, students will be provided with a dataset and be required to load it into a running PostgresQL cluster using the `copy` command.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Feb 26, 2021

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Prepare the Table

    1. The expenses table must be prepared by dropping any foreign keys and indexes.
  2. Challenge

    Load the Data

    1. The data will be loaded into the expenses table from the CSV file location in /tpm/expenses.csv.
  3. Challenge

    Re-enable the Key

    1. After confirming the data was loaded properly, the foreign key should be added back to the expenses table.

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