Commit 739425db authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Document that the COPY delimiter must be an ASCII byte, rather than a

multi-byte value.  It can also be a single-byte encoded character if
the client and server versions match.

Backpatch to 8.2.X.
parent f30a72dc
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PostgreSQL documentation
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......@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable c
<term><replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The single character that separates columns within each row
The single ASCII character that separates columns within each row
(line) of the file. The default is a tab character in text mode,
a comma in <literal>CSV</> mode.
</para>
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