Re: COPY BINARY is broken... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: COPY BINARY is broken...
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Msg-id 200012102052.PAA03438@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: COPY BINARY is broken...  (Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>)
Responses Re: COPY BINARY is broken...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> > Its handling of nulls is bizarre, too.  I'm thinking this might be a
> > good time to abandon backwards compatibility and switch to a format
> > that's a little easier to read and write.  Does anyone have an opinion
> > pro or con about that?
> 
> BINARY COPY scared the bejeezus out of me, anyone using the interface
> is asking for trouble and supporting it seems like a nightmare, I
> would rip it out.

Tom, just keep in mind that the format is documented in copy.sgml.

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