I am working on the TODO item:
o Change syntax to WITH DELIMITER, (keep old syntax around?)
and I have added syntax so COPY can now accept all parameters at the end
using WITH:
COPY table FROM { 'filename' | stdin } [ [ WITH ] [ BINARY ] [ OIDS ] [ DELIMITER
'delimiter'] [ NULL AS 'null string' ] ]
(COPY TO is similar.)
For portability, it still supports the old syntax of BINARY after COPY,
WITH OIDS after 'table' and USING DELIMITERS after 'filename'. I have
sent the patch to the patches list.
I have not modified pg_dump so that 7.3 dumps can be loaded into <=7.2
databases. I have modified psql \copy to _only_ use the new syntax, and
to only send the new syntax to the backends. (We don't usually support
new psql in to older databases anyway.) Not sure if I should document
the old syntax somewhere because pg_dump uses WITH OIDS with the old
syntax.
I have not applied the patch. I am waiting for comments.
-- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610)
853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill,
Pennsylvania19026
