From: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: proposal - support tsv output format for psql |
Date: | 2020-12-23 15:39:48 |
Message-ID: | CAFj8pRDJ2+YGaM6AA9QT=O2ByBWcdqz1Lr5=jnXm49OpECNTEw@mail.gmail.com |
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st 23. 12. 2020 v 16:24 odesílatel Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> napsal:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 07:18:24AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> >> Implementation of tsv format should not be hard.
> >> What do you think about this?
>
> > How would you handle tabs in the data?
>
> The main problem with csv is the severe lack of standardization
> around what to do with corner cases (delimiters in data, empty
> fields, etc). Seems like "tsv" would be even worse. Is there
> an actual standard anywhere?
>
Probably not - there are just common conventions.
standard disallows tab chars inside
https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/tab-separated-values
Regards
Pavel
> regards, tom lane
>
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