Andrew Grillet wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4486
> Logged by: Andrew Grillet
> Email address: andrew@grillet.co.uk
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3
> Operating system: Windows XP
> Description: CSV feature request
> Details:
>
> Excel 2007 decides on the fly whether to quote fields or not on the basis of
> whther individual rows have a comma in that field. There does not appear any
> obvious way to prevent this bizarre behaviour.
>
> I suggest the syntax:
>
> COPY table (columns) FROM 'filename.csv. with csv OPTIONAL QUOTE [AS '"'];
>
> As a way to tell PostgreSQL this behaviour is expected and must be handled
> without complaint. Default should be to complain if file is stupidly
> formatted.
What problem are you having, exactly? I tried this:
test=> create table test (x text, y text);
test=> copy test from '/rtmp/1' with csv;
COPY 3
where /rtmp/1 had:
"a", "b"
a, "b"
a, b
and saw no errors or warnings. Are you saying we should complain, and
if so, why?
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