| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] allow CSV quote in NULL |
| Date: | 2007-07-31 17:21:20 |
| Message-ID: | 26707.1185902480@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> ... Oh, and if we did allow the
> quote char we should surely only allow it on input - just because other
> programs produce absurd output there is not reason we should.
Yeah. The *real* problem with the patch as proposed is that it allows a
COPY OUT to emit a file that cannot be reloaded correctly, even given
the same options used to prepare it. I think that the restrictions were
put there more to prevent that scenario than to restrict COPY IN.
regards, tom lane
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