Re: csv format for psql

On 31/03/18 21:33, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
> Bonjour Daniel,
>
>> For csv, Fabien and Peter expressed the opinion that we shouldn't
>> create another fieldsep-like variable specifically for it, but instead
>> reuse fieldsep. That's what my latest patch does.
>>
>> Now it turns out that sharing fieldsep comes with some problems.
>
> Personnaly I do not have any problem with CSV defaulting to '|' 
> separator, given that anyway people often use anything but a comma for 
> the purpose, including '|'.
>
> However Pavel wants to block the patch on this point. Too bad.
>
> Maybe you can do (again) a patch with a 'fieldsep_csv' or whatever 
> additional variable? Not sure about 'recordsep'...
>
> And then we forward to committers both version and they can chose 
> whatever they think best, including not committing anything?
>
Would suggest the choice of 'fieldsep_csv' out of those two (a record 
would correspond to the whole row), and the default being a comma.


Cheers,
Gavin