Re: [BUGS] BUG #2221: Bad delimiters allowed in COPY ...

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, neilc(at)samurai(dot)com, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2221: Bad delimiters allowed in COPY ...
Date: 2006-02-01 12:55:39
Message-ID: 43E0AFCB.8090703@dunslane.net
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David Fetter wrote:

>Anyhow, Bruce's patch still allows backslash as a delimiter, which can
>cause *all* kinds of fun if not disallowed.
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Yes, I'm puzzled by that. I can't really see any case for allowing it.
And if we do, it should only be allowed in CSV mode, where its use will
be merely perverse rather than broken.

cheers

andrew

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