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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: \copy command: how to define a tab character as the delimiter
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Msg-id 25316.1268159227@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: \copy command: how to define a tab character as the delimiter  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> writes:
> The main reason I asked, was that the manual actually claims that '\t' can be used ("The following special backslash
sequencesare recognized by COPY FROM") 

\t is recognized in the copy data, not in the command's parameters.

            regards, tom lane

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