Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> Of what use is the above comment? You have to parse the input into
>> fields somehow.
> Well those two requirements aren't inconsistent if you're using fixed-width
> input text files. Not that I'm enamoured of such file formats, just saying.
[ shrug... ] And of course, shoving a large quantity of padding spaces
through the software has zero cost.
regards, tom lane
