Re: Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Joe Van Dyk <joe(at)tanga(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output?
Date: 2013-08-12 21:21:32
Message-ID: 20130812212132.GC12496@momjian.us
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 02:15:25PM -0700, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> Mostly just curious, as this is preventing me from using tab-separated output.
> I'd like there to be a header in my files. I have to use CSVs instead.

[ "this" means the fact that COPY doesn't support the HEADER option. ]

We assume CSV is going to be read into a tool that can use the header
names; delimited files don't usually have a use for those headers.

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