Re: csv format for psql

Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>

From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-03-28T19:43:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 03/28/2018 12:35 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Monday, March 26, 2018, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org 
> <mailto:daniel@manitou-mail.org>> wrote:
>
>
>     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.
>
>
> I like to call it "Character Separated Values" now for just that reason.

Isn't the actual wording Character Delimited Values? I may be picking at 
hairs here but every single time I use anything to import a CSV or other 
delimited file (TAB or | usually) that is what the import screen says.

JD

>
> David J.


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Commits

  1. Add CSV table output mode in psql.

  2. Reorganize format options of psql in alphabetical order

  3. Complete TODO item: