Luke Hutchison created FLINK-6017: ------------------------------------- Summary: CSV reader does not support quoted double quotes Key: FLINK-6017 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-6017 Project: Flink Issue Type: Bug Components: Batch Connectors and Input/Output Formats Environment: Linux Reporter: Luke Hutchison
The RFC for the CSV format specifies that double quotes are valid in quoted strings in CSV, by doubling the quote character: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180 However, when parsing a CSV file with Flink containing quoted quotes, such as: bob,"The name is ""Bob""" you get this exception: org.apache.flink.api.common.io.ParseException: Line could not be parsed: 'bob,"The name is ""Bob"""' ParserError UNQUOTED_CHARS_AFTER_QUOTED_STRING Expect field types: class java.lang.String, class java.lang.String -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.15#6346)