Re: COPY formatting - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: COPY formatting
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Msg-id 23995.1079708077@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: COPY formatting  (Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>)
Responses Re: COPY formatting  (Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>)
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Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz> writes:
>  The problem with  CSV is that it will correctly  work with new protocol
>  only. Because old  versions of  clients are newline  sensitive.

Why?  The client-side code doesn't have any real say over the meaning of
the data, at least not in psql-class clients.  I suppose a client app
that tries to interpret the data could get confused, but psql sure
doesn't do that.
        regards, tom lane


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