Re: [PATCHES] allow CSV quote in NULL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] allow CSV quote in NULL
Date: 2007-07-31 17:21:20
Message-ID: 26707.1185902480@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> ... Oh, and if we did allow the
> quote char we should surely only allow it on input - just because other
> programs produce absurd output there is not reason we should.

Yeah. The *real* problem with the patch as proposed is that it allows a
COPY OUT to emit a file that cannot be reloaded correctly, even given
the same options used to prepare it. I think that the restrictions were
put there more to prevent that scenario than to restrict COPY IN.

regards, tom lane

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