Re: COPY for CSV documentation

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > That's what I was wondering. Is triggering CSV for multi-character
> > delimiters a little too clever? This reminds me of the use of LIMIT X,Y
> > with no indication which is limit and which is offset.
>
> I agree, this seems risky and not at all readable to someone who doesn't
> remember exactly how the parameter is defined.

Yep.

> >> COPY a FROM stdin WITH DELIMITER "," QUOTE '"' EQUOTE '"';
> > EQUOTE for embedded quote.
>
> ESCAPE would be better no? It's already a keyword ...

Yep.

> BTW, don't forget that the syntax options have to be provided in psql's
> \copy as well. Did the patch cover that?

Oh, yea. That needs to be done too.

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