Re: Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output?
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Msg-id 20130812212132.GC12496@momjian.us
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In response to Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output?  (Joe Van Dyk <joe@tanga.com>)
Responses Re: Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output?  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Re: Why doesn't COPY support the HEADER options for tab-separated output?  (Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 02:15:25PM -0700, Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> Mostly just curious, as this is preventing me from using tab-separated output.
> I'd like there to be a header in my files. I have to use CSVs instead.

[ "this" means the fact that COPY doesn't support the HEADER option. ]

We assume CSV is going to be read into a tool that can use the header
names;  delimited files don't usually have a use for those headers.

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