Re: multiline CSV fields

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: multiline CSV fields
Date: 2004-11-30 03:35:10
Message-ID: 5687.1101785710@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> writes:
> Endlessly extending the COPY command doesn't seem like a winning
> proposition to me and I think if we aren't comfortable telling every user
> to write a script to pre/post-process the data we should instead provide a
> bulk loader/unloader that transforms things to our limited COPY
> functionality. There are all kinds of feature requests I've seen
> along these lines that would make COPY a million option mess if we try to
> support all of it directly.

I agree completely --- personally I'd not have put CSV into the backend
either.

IIRC we already have a TODO item for a separate bulk loader, but no
one's stepped up to the plate yet :-(

regards, tom lane

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