Re: New "single" COPY format

1. Text files containing \. in the middle of the file
% cat /tmp/test.txt
foo
\.
bar

Or another option to turn off the special meaning of \.?

> Besides, "single" as a format name does not sound right.
> Generally the name for a text format designates a set
> of characteristics meaning that certain combinations of
> characters have specific behaviors.
> Sometimes "plain" is used in the context of text formats
> to indicate that no character is special ("plain" is also the
> default subtype of "text" in MIME types).
>
> "single" as proposed is to be understood as "single-column",
> which is a consequence of the lack of a field delimiter, but
> not an intrinsic characteristic of the format.
> If COPY accepted fixed-length fields, it could be in a
> no-delimiter no-escape mode and still handle multiple
> columns, in opposition to what "single" suggests.

Good points. I agree "plain" is a better name.