> ... are times local or UTC
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this is a rather semantic, not a syntactic issue that some code could
NOT decide based on the data it reads
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> Should we assume integer or float?
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is a dot anywhere in the data you read in for that particular column? ...
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> Varchar or text?
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Is the length of the data read in always less than 255 bytes ( or
characters?)? ...
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You have made clear to me why my attempt for a RFE for COPY FROM CVS
has found some technical resistance/disagreement, but I still think my
idea even if not so popular for concrete and cultural reasons makes at
least sense to some people
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DBAs ussualy have a mental map of the data they have on each table,
etc; whereas as a data analyst you find yourself constantly reading
in, cleasing and marshaling data from which you have no prior
knowledge
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lbrtchx