Bruce Momjian wrote: > Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > >OK, then should we disallow dumping out data in CVS format that we can't > > >load? Seems like the least we should do for 8.0. > > > > > > > > > > > > > As Tom rightly points out, having data make the round trip was not the > > goal of the exercise. Excel, for example, has no trouble reading such > > data (or at least my installation of it). > > > > Personally I consider CSVs with line end chars embedded in fields to be > > broken anyway, but this was something that was specifically mentioned > > when we were discussing requirements, which is why I coded for it. > > OK, I am pretty uncomforable with this but you know this usage better > than I do. Should we issue a warning message stating it will not be > able to be reloaded?
Also, can you explain why we can't read across a newline to the next quote? Is it a problem with the way our code is structured or is it a logical problem? Someone mentioned multibyte encodings but I don't understand how that applies here. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
