Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> In other words, the string after CSV is optional. However, looking at
> the COPY syntax, there isn't any case where we have an optional string
> after a keyword. Is that OK?
Seems better to avoid it.
> However, this still has CSV using a two-character string with special
> meaning for the first and second characters.
One point that I don't think was made before is that if we do any such
thing, we'll be forever foreclosing any chance of allowing
multi-character delimiters. ISTM that would not be forward-looking.
regards, tom lane