Re: [BUGS] BUG #2114: (patch) COPY FROM ... end of copy

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> The big problem is that \. is also a valid
>CSV data value (though not a valid non-CSV data value).  So, the
>solution we came up with was to require \. to appear alone on a line in
>CSV mode for it to be treated as end-of-copy.
>

According to the docs, that's the way to specify EOD in both text and
CSV mode:

  End of data can be represented by a single line containing just
backslash-period.

Your analysis regarding line_buf.len seems correct.

We probably should have a regression test with \. in a CSV field.

cheers

andrew