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

From Daniel Verite
Subject Re: Re: csv format for psql
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Msg-id ca824b41-7288-4f25-b2dc-daad8e022345@manitou-mail.org
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In response to Re: Re: csv format for psql  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Re: csv format for psql  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Re: csv format for psql  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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    Pavel Stehule wrote:

> b) the list of pset options is bloating - every possible new format can
> introduce fieldsep_X option

What new format?
The usefulness of fieldsep does not extend outside of xSV, and it's
no suprise that there have been no other use for a fieldsep-like
variable until now, with the other formats supported in psql.

In fact it's even absurd for any format to use a non-fixed separator
at a place that is key for being parsed unambiguously.

We could even support only the comma and make it non-configurable
based on the fact it's Comma-Separated-Values, not
Whatever-Separated-Values, except that won't do much
to serve the users interests, as the reality is that
people use various separators.


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Daniel Vérité
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