Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >You can set the field separator to ',' but you can't do a
> > \pset format csv
> >and get CSV with correct quoting, escaping etc AFAICS. It'll
> >still break on line wrapping if wrapping is enabled, and with
> >newlines in the data.
> >
> >If that would be a useful addition, I can add it.
>
> It's done by the backend, not by psql, but it has psql support - see \copy
I agree with Roger that we should really have a CSV option in \pset format.
COPY as CVS is certainly very useful, but it's a different use case.
(You can't \copy a \-command for example).
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