Re: Add switches for DELIMITER and NULL in pg_dump COPY

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add switches for DELIMITER and NULL in pg_dump COPY
Date: 2006-03-08 16:26:00
Message-ID: 15791.1141835160@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 11:03:00AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Did anyone provide a convincing use case for this?

> I've had one so far, and it was enough to cause me to make a special
> patched version of pg_dump. To get some idea of how drastic that was,
> consider that I think it's generally bad practice to compile from
> source because it can take you too far off the "generally supported
> software" map. The case I had was making a database with a schema and
> initial data whose dump output gets checked into a source code
> management system.

So? Don't tell me your SCMS can't handle tabs.

regards, tom lane

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