| From: | Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Craig O'Shannessy <craig(at)ucw(dot)com(dot)au>, Matthew <pgmail(at)homenurses(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Export CSV from psql |
| Date: | 2003-11-24 15:05:18 |
| Message-ID: | 20031124150518.27317.qmail@web20811.mail.yahoo.com |
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--- Craig O'Shannessy <craig(at)ucw(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
>
> As it's very unlikely that there are tab's in your
> strings, tab makes a
> much safer field separator.
Probably, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it. I have
found plenty of instances of unexpected tabs,
especially with data generated from character-based
apps, where users tend to forget that they can't tab
from one field to another... There is no substitute
for checking.
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