Re: COPY statement: no list of the allowed values for "format_name"

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com>, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COPY statement: no list of the allowed values for "format_name"
Date: 2020-10-29 22:29:15
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbn1YG7kGHnwC0j8qTyrD7VDJXOm3HDSmAo1oz+rHE4sA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 3:24 PM PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/sql-copy.html
> Description:
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> Look at the account of the COPY statement, here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/sql-copy.html
>
>
> But there was no list of the allowed values.
>

Keep reading...
"""
FORMAT
Selects the data format to be read or written: text, csv (Comma Separated
Values), or binary. The default is text.
"""

I suppose including the syntax term "format_type" might help, but the
all-caps FORMAT is definitive.

David J.

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