Thread: COPY FROM with CSV header
Instead of ignoring the first line of a COPY FROM ... WITH CSV HEADER, what about allowing the first line to be used as a list of field names? This means you wouldn't have to include field order in the COPY command if the names matched field names in the table. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
Jim C. Nasby wrote: >Instead of ignoring the first line of a COPY FROM ... WITH CSV HEADER, >what about allowing the first line to be used as a list of field names? >This means you wouldn't have to include field order in the COPY command >if the names matched field names in the table. > > It was debated ... could be dangerous, and you'd need extra syntax, since we couldn't make it the default. cheers andrew