PostgreSQL - importing data

Hey Guys,

I have a little problem that I am hoping some of you would be able to help me with.

Currently I'm using PostgreSQL 7.0 and PGAdmin 7.1 and i'm importing a bit of data (around 300.000 entries only) spread over 10 tables.

Now, using PGAdmin's import facility is TREMENDOUSLY slow - i mean, on my "slave" machine here (Cel 1.3ghz 256mb ram) it's importing at a rate of 30.000/hour (that's way slow).

Now would anybody here know of a faster way to actually import data (in this case from .csv) from a flat file into postgresql ?

I simply refuse to believe that this is the only way to import it and even tried running a php script from the server through shell but the speed was still rather slow.

Is this just one of postgresql's workhorses or are there ways to improve this performance ?

Thanks folks! cheers