Re: Allow COPY's 'text' format to output a header

While we're discussing COPY options, what do people think of an option for
COPY FROM with header to require that the headers match the target column
names? This would help to ensure that the file is actually the right one.

On 14 May 2018 at 14:55, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Garick Hamlin <ghamlin(at)isc(dot)upenn(dot)edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if there was a way to let COPY FROM detect or ignore headers
>>
> as appropriate and rather than cause silently result in headers being
>> added as data.
>>
>
> ​ ​Not reliably​
>
>
>> Maybe a blank line after the header line could prevent this confusion
>>
>
> ​No​
>
> +1 for allowing HEADER with FORMAT text. It doesn't interfere with COPY
> and even if I were to agree that CSV format is the better one this seems
> like an unnecessary area to impose preferences. If TSV with Header meets
> someone's need providing a minimal (and consistent with expectations)
> syntax to accomplish that goal seems reasonable, as does the patch.
>
> David J.
>
>