This behavior doesn't look right:
nconway=# create table foo (a int default 50, b int default 100);
CREATE TABLE
nconway=# copy foo from stdin;
Enter data to be copied followed by a newline.
End with a backslash and a period on a line by itself.
>>
>> \.
nconway=# select * from foo;
a | b
---+---
0 |
(1 row)
(The first line of the COPY input is blank: i.e. just a newline)
The problem appears to be in both 7.2.1 and current CVS.
Cheers,
Neil
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