Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> writes:
> The problem with CSV is that it will correctly work with new protocol
> only. Because old versions of clients are newline sensitive.
Why? The client-side code doesn't have any real say over the meaning of
the data, at least not in psql-class clients. I suppose a client app
that tries to interpret the data could get confused, but psql sure
doesn't do that.
regards, tom lane