Bonjour Michaël,
> First, it seems to me that it is necessary to overcomplicate the
> interface of psql for that. Most of the other formats don't have their
> own switch, and it is perfectly possible to use CSV format with just
> --pset=format=csv.
Although this work, it is not very user friendly nor easy to memorize.
Quite a few direct format options already exists, eg -A --no-align (yuk,
-A means not to align... :-(), -H --html...
In this context "--csv" looks pretty unambiguous and more useful, so I
would be in favor of keeping this option.
> -C could also be useful for other things, say compression.
Sure. -C is *NOT* used for --csv in the patch, although it may have been
with an earlier version?
> In the regression tests, "col 9" is wanted with a newline?
Yes, the point is to check whether quoting & escaping are triggered
appropriately in column names and values.
--
Fabien.