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Manu Kaul commented on FLINK-1168:
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I am starting to look at this issue. Can I please get some more background on
this issue?
1. Why does the CSV file need a "multi-char field delimiter"? For example a
line like : "123,45", 45, "abc", 33 ... should still parse.
2. Is there a restriction we should enforce on the set of characters that
should be allowed in such a delimiter?
The only reason I am seeing for a multi-char field delimiter is when the single
char delimiter like "," or "|" ends up being in the content of the actual field
contents. Is that right?
> Support multi-character field delimiters in CSVInputFormats
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> Key: FLINK-1168
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1168
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 0.7.0-incubating
> Reporter: Fabian Hueske
> Assignee: Fabian Hueske
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: starter
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> The CSVInputFormat supports multi-char (String) line delimiters, but only
> single-char (char) field delimiters.
> This issue proposes to add support for multi-char field delimiters.
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