[OSM-dev] [strange osm2pgsql behaviour?]

[Sergiusz Pawlowicz]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 08:44, Tom Hughes<tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> 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.

Hi,
Sorry, I am not talking about incremental updates, but about an
initial, first load of the database.

I can fully agree updates should be possible only in slim update.

S.