[OSM-dev] [strange osm2pgsql behaviour?]

[Tom Hughes]

On 13/07/09 07:16, Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote:

> hello, i have noticed a strange osm2pgsql behavior, when you import
> planet without a slim option, it does not create the same tables as
> with using --slim, which results you cannot apply any changes later -
> is it a bug?

No, it's a feature. Incremental updates are only possible in slim mode.

Basically the tables that are used by slim mode to store the data that 
would otherwise be held in memory are the same tables that track the 
objects and allow updates to be applied.

Tom

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