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- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.66 2005/06/02 01:21:21 momjian Exp $
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+ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.67 2005/09/05 14:44:05 adunstan Exp $
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PostgreSQL documentation
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@@ -511,6 +511,19 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
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comparisons for specific columns.
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</para>
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+ <note>
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+ <para>
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+ In <literal>CSV</> mode, all characters are significant. A quoted value
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+ surrounded by white space, or any characters other than
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+ <literal>DELIMITER</>, will include those characters. This can cause
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+ errors if you import data from a system that pads <literal>CSV</>
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+ lines with white space out to some fixed width. If such a situation
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+ arises you might need to preprocess the <literal>CSV</> file to remove
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+ the trailing white space, before importing the data into
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+ <productname>PostgreSQL</>.
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+ </para>
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+ </note>
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<note>
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CSV mode will both recognize and produce CSV files with quoted
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