" being quoted as \\" breaks the JSON. It needs to be \". This has been my
whole problem with COPY TO for JSON.
Please validate that the output is in proper format with correct quoting
for special characters. I use `jq` on the command line to validate and
format the output.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023, 10:51 Joe Conway <m...@joeconway.com> wrote:
> On 12/3/23 10:31, Davin Shearer wrote:
> > Please be sure to include single and double quotes in the test values
> > since that was the original problem (double quoting in COPY TO breaking
> > the JSON syntax).
>
> test=# copy (select * from foo limit 4) to stdout (format json);
> {"id":2456092,"f1":"line with ' in it:
> 2456092","f2":"2023-12-03T10:44:40.9712-05:00"}
> {"id":2456093,"f1":"line with \\" in it:
> 2456093","f2":"2023-12-03T10:44:40.971221-05:00"}
> {"id":2456094,"f1":"line with ' in it:
> 2456094","f2":"2023-12-03T10:44:40.971225-05:00"}
> {"id":2456095,"f1":"line with \\" in it:
> 2456095","f2":"2023-12-03T10:44:40.971228-05:00"}
>
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