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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2023-11-03 13:57:59 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2023-11-03 13:57:59 -0400 |
| commit | a5bee67c36cc05507e919ed1e2711a9c51f38afb (patch) | |
| tree | b65cfea58d9eab8c61bd7731162f9ec1b5d7f071 /doc/src | |
| parent | 31a89ddeb8ebe1904a4a2fc8914f577c6ceb9dee (diff) | |
doc: \copy can get data values \. and end-of-input confused
Reported-by: Svante Richter
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/fcd57e4-8f23-4c3e-a5db-2571d09208e2@beta.fastmail.com
Backpatch-through: 11
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index dceb8cdfd43..d0bd119842f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -1082,6 +1082,10 @@ testdb=> destination, because all data must pass through the client/server connection. For large amounts of data the <acronym>SQL</acronym> command might be preferable. + Also, because of this pass-through method, <literal>\copy + ... from</literal> in <acronym>CSV</acronym> mode will erroneously + treat a <literal>\.</literal> data value alone on a line as an + end-of-input marker. </para> </tip> |