"hjenkins" <hjenkins(at)uvic(dot)ca> writes:
> On the subject of the COPY command
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-copy.html), is it
> the case that the HEADER, QUOTE, escape, FORCE QUOTE, and FORCE NOT NULL
> options can only be used in CSV mode? If so, why? A tab-delimited table
> with a header line and quoted strings seems a perfectly reasonable format.
> If not, how?
So set the CSV delimiter to TAB, if that's what you want.
regards, tom lane