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What is the quickest way to load data into the #database?

We recently analysed this for #MariaDB / #MySQL and #PostgreSQL and showed that the simplest method is not the fastest.

You can see more details and the results here: www.fromdual.com/blog/load-da...
February 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#MariaDB has completely ruined the concept of the dynamically configurable #InnoDB buffer pool!

And this within a long-term support release series. To prevent this from affecting your production environment, I have described it:
www.fromdual.com/blog/mariadb...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Someone is deleting my shared memory segments!

With #PostgreSQL under myEnv we regularly get shared memory segment errors:

FATAL: could not open shared memory segment "/PostgreSQL.4220847662":

I have described why this happens here:

www.fromdual.com/blog/deleted...
February 8, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Load CSV files into the database

Proof of concept how to load data from a CSV file into a #MariaDB/#MySQL or #PostgreSQL database to display locations on an #OpenStreeMap map with #Leaflet.

www.fromdual.com/blog/load-cs...
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 AM