Re: Add switches for DELIMITER and NULL in pg_dump COPY - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Add switches for DELIMITER and NULL in pg_dump COPY
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Msg-id 20060308162039.GJ14881@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Add switches for DELIMITER and NULL in pg_dump COPY  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: Add switches for DELIMITER and NULL in pg_dump COPY
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On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 11:10:04AM -0500, Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 07:47 -0800, David Fetter wrote:
> > From the earlier discussion, it appears that there is a variety of
> > opinions on what the COPY delimiter should be in pg_dump.  This patch
> > allows people to set it and the NULL string.
>
> I'm still not convinced there is a reasonable use-case for this feature.
> I can't recall: did the previous discussion conclude that we actually
> want this functionality?

The previous discussion showed that there is a wide diversity of
opinions on what The Right Delimiter and The Right NULL String(TM)
are.

Thanks for the tips. :)  I'll make a revised patch this evening, time
permitting.

Cheers,
D
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