BUG #7836: COPY command does not honor 'FORMAT' option

From: kurt(dot)lidl(at)cello(dot)com
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #7836: COPY command does not honor 'FORMAT' option
Date: 2013-01-29 18:20:05
Message-ID: E1U0Fmv-0004Nq-ML@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 7836
Logged by: Kurt Lidl
Email address: kurt(dot)lidl(at)cello(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.2.2
Operating system: FreeBSD 9.1 (i386 - 32bit)
Description:

The COPY documentation says that with 9.1 (or newer), there is an option
called "FORMAT", so the user can do "FORMAT binary". The old way just used
a keyword "binary", and this way is supported for backwards compatibility.

However, it doesn't appear that the "FORMAT" keyword works properly:

psql -U pgsql template1
psql (9.2.2)
Type "help" for help.
template1=# copy pg_aggregate to '/tmp/agg.bin' with format binary;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "format"
LINE 1: copy pg_aggregate to '/tmp/agg.bin' with format binary;
^
template1=# copy pg_aggregate to '/tmp/agg.bin' with binary;
COPY 120

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