Re: [BUGS] psql \COPY accepts multiple NULL AS

Stephen Frost wrote:
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> Greetings,
>
> psql seems to accept syntax which would be rejected by the server,
> which seems a bit odd:
>
> sfrost*=# \copy billing_data from ../BillingSamplePricerFile.csv
> with csv header quote as '"' null as 'abc' null as '123'
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: ""
>
> vs.
>
> sfrost=# copy billing_data from stdin
> with csv header quote as '"' null as 'abc' null as '123';
> ERROR: conflicting or redundant options
>
> Now, honestly, I'd like to see support for multiple 'NULL AS' strings,
> but till that's added it'd probably be best if psql error'd on this
> like the backend does rather than accepting it and then not doing it.

I have fixed this bug with the attached patch to CVS HEAD.

test=> \copy billing_data from ../BillingSamplePricerFile.csv with csv
header quote as '"' null as 'abc' null as '123'
\copy: parse error at "null"

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