Re: csv format for psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: csv format for psql
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Msg-id CABUevEzcaKX-t2++f8q+QOLSo5sRKp5v8rF4TSVL9Cg-TB79+A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: csv format for psql  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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n Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:53 AM Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:


po 26. 11. 2018 v 5:36 odesílatel Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> napsal:
>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

 Tom> Or we could kill both issues by hard-wiring the separator as ','.

Using ';' for the delimiter isn't all that rare.

; is default for CSV produced by MS Excel in Czech mutation - so for some countries, like CR is common.


I believe this is a common occurance in countries that use decimal comma instead of decimal point, which is a fairly large portion of the world.

/Magnus
 

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