Re: multiline CSV fields

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: multiline CSV fields
Date: 2004-11-29 13:00:20
Message-ID: 200411291300.iATD0Ke27741@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Which we do not have, because pg_dump doesn't use CSV. I do not think
> >> this is a must-fix, especially not if the proposed fix introduces
> >> inconsistencies elsewhere.
>
> > Sure, pg_dump doesn't use it but COPY should be able to load anything it
> > output.
>
> I'd buy into that proposition if CSV showed any evidence of being a
> sanely defined format, but it shows every indication of being neither
> well-defined, nor self-consistent, nor even particularly portable.
> I suggest adjusting your expectations. All I expect from that code is
> being able to load the majority of data from the more popular Microsloth
> applications. Trying to achieve 100% consistency for corner cases is
> just going to interfere with the real use-case for the feature, which is
> coping with output from applications that aren't very consistent in the
> first place.

OK, then should we disallow dumping out data in CVS format that we can't
load? Seems like the least we should do for 8.0.

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