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Abuhujair Javed
Postgres FD Implementation
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Nov 17, 2004
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Neil Conway
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Document a limitation of COPY's new CSV mode. Doc patch from Andrew
Dunstan, editorializing by Neil Conway.
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<!--
<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.5
8 2004/11/15 06:32:15
neilc Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.5
9 2004/11/17 02:50:06
neilc Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
-->
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@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
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@@ -433,13 +433,13 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
</para>
</para>
<para>
<para>
It is strongly recommended that applications generating
COPY
data convert
It is strongly recommended that applications generating
<command>COPY</command>
data convert
data newlines and carriage returns to the <literal>\n</> and
data newlines and carriage returns to the <literal>\n</> and
<literal>\r</> sequences respectively. At present it is
<literal>\r</> sequences respectively. At present it is
possible to represent a data carriage return by a backslash and carriage
possible to represent a data carriage return by a backslash and carriage
return, and to represent a data newline by a backslash and newline.
return, and to represent a data newline by a backslash and newline.
However, these representations might not be accepted in future releases.
However, these representations might not be accepted in future releases.
They are also highly vulnerable to corruption if the
COPY
file is
They are also highly vulnerable to corruption if the
<command>COPY</command>
file is
transferred across different machines (for example, from Unix to Windows
transferred across different machines (for example, from Unix to Windows
or vice versa).
or vice versa).
</para>
</para>
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<para>
<para>
In general, the <literal>CSV</> format has no way to distinguish a
In general, the <literal>CSV</> format has no way to distinguish a
<literal>NULL</> from an empty string.
<literal>NULL</> value from an empty string.
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s COPY handles this by
<productname>PostgreSQL</>'s <command>COPY</> handles this by
quoting. A <literal>NULL</> is output as the <literal>NULL</> string
quoting. A <literal>NULL</> is output as the <literal>NULL</>
and is not quoted, while a data value matching the <literal>NULL</> string
string and is not quoted, while a data value matching the
is quoted. Therefore, using the default settings, a <literal>NULL</> is
<literal>NULL</> string is quoted. Therefore, using the default
written as an unquoted empty string, while an empty string is
settings, a <literal>NULL</> is written as an unquoted empty
written with double quotes (<literal>""</>). Reading values follows
string, while an empty string is written with double quotes
similar rules. You can use <literal>FORCE NOT NULL</> to prevent <literal>NULL</>
(<literal>""</>). Reading values follows similar rules. You can
input comparisons for specific columns.
use <literal>FORCE NOT NULL</> to prevent <literal>NULL</> input
comparisons for specific columns.
</para>
</para>
<note>
<note>
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CSV mode will both recognize and produce CSV files with quoted
CSV mode will both recognize and produce CSV files with quoted
values containing embedded carriage returns and line feeds. Thus
values containing embedded carriage returns and line feeds. Thus
the files are not strictly one line per table row like text-mode
the files are not strictly one line per table row like text-mode
files.
files. However, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will reject
<command>COPY</command> input if any fields contain embedded line
end character sequences that do not match the line ending
convention used in the CSV file itself. It is generally safer to
import data containing embedded line end characters using the
text or binary formats rather than CSV.
</para>
</para>
</note>
</note>
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