> I think you're confusing postgresql with a spreadsheet program.
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I wonder what makes you think so
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> There are client programs which will do this for you, perhaps you wan one of those?
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Well, then obviously there is the need for it and you were not
successful enough at convincing these developers that they were
"confusing postgresql with a spreadsheet program"
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> PostgreSQL has 60+ types and many look like eachother. How do you propose to differentiate?
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Data Types are basically about value ranges (how many bits do you
need to hold the value) and formatting. IMHO, finding an optimal
[im|ex]port reasoning among 60+ types should not be that much of a big
deal. In fact as a data analyst I have exported and imported CSV data
a whole lot and in many occasions it required some extra custom
coding. I may as well consolidate my code as a whole jcsvport library
in java and start an OS project when I find the time to so
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lbrtchx
