Re: COPY with column headings

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> >Someone just asked about a COPY capability to supply the column headings
> >as the first line of the copy statement. Do we want to support
> >something like that? Does anyone else want such functionality?
> >
> >
> >
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> I had it in mind all along as a possible option for CSV mode, but given
> the heat that was generated by the minimal implementation we did, I
> thought I'd let it rest.
>
> I certainly think it's worth considering, although I see Tom has
> objected :-) . Say we have an option called FIRSTLINELABELS, then on
> copy out it would write the headings on the first line, and on copy in
> it could just ignore the first line (so it could work symmetrically).

Yes, that is what I was thinking. Is this a TODO? Sure it can be
misused but most copy options can be similarly misused.

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