Re: csv format for psql

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: csv format for psql
Date: 2018-11-26 09:16:09
Message-ID: CABUevEzcaKX-t2++f8q+QOLSo5sRKp5v8rF4TSVL9Cg-TB79+A@mail.gmail.com
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n Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:53 AM Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

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> po 26. 11. 2018 v 5:36 odesílatel Andrew Gierth <
> andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> napsal:
>
>> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
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>> Tom> Or we could kill both issues by hard-wiring the separator as ','.
>>
>> Using ';' for the delimiter isn't all that rare.
>>
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> ; is default for CSV produced by MS Excel in Czech mutation - so for some
> countries, like CR is common.
>
>
I believe this is a common occurance in countries that use decimal comma
instead of decimal point, which is a fairly large portion of the world.

/Magnus

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