From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: randumbloggr@gmail.com, "pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: documentation for SQL "COPY" says "FORMAT"
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:18:35 -0500
Message-ID: <18010.1512519515@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKFQuwZyOAjDO=Qg5xYaZvD72d6bVCF3K_A4njbu8RBJrbRXow@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20171206000159.27101.43507@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
<CAKFQuwZyOAjDO=Qg5xYaZvD72d6bVCF3K_A4njbu8RBJrbRXow@mail.gmail.com>
"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:01 PM, <randumbloggr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> the documentation for the copy command (since version 9.0) says to use the
>> keyword "FORMAT" , this keyword should be omitted
> I'm pretty sure the docs are correct. You should provide the exact
> commands you think should work and the error message you receive when you
> execute said commands.
I think probably the OP is confusing the current COPY syntax with the
obsolete form documented at the bottom of the COPY page.
regards, tom lane
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