X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E009FB4B8 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:06:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 35623-07 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:06:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from tigger.fuhr.org (tigger.fuhr.org [63.214.45.158]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05DCF9FB4B7 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:06:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (winnie.fuhr.org [10.1.0.1]) by tigger.fuhr.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7P66EFW035952 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:06:17 -0600 (MDT) Received: from winnie.fuhr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7P66EVk046719; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:06:14 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from mfuhr@winnie.fuhr.org) Received: (from mfuhr@localhost) by winnie.fuhr.org (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k7P66Eev046718; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:06:14 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from mfuhr) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:06:14 -0600 From: Michael Fuhr To: "Scot P. Floess" Cc: Phillip Smith , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Importing data from csv Message-ID: <20060825060614.GA46601@winnie.fuhr.org> References: <000501c6c7da$15a01b10$9b0014ac@ITPhil> <44EE422E.8070207@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44EE422E.8070207@mindspring.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=SPF_PASS, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/199 X-Sequence-Number: 26157 On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:19:58PM -0400, Scot P. Floess wrote: > Well, being that there isn't a RFC for CSV...other than "defacto" > definitions...I am pretty sure that is widely agreed upon ;) RFC 4180 Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4180.txt "While there are various specifications and implementations for the CSV format (for ex. [4], [5], [6] and [7]), there is no formal specification in existence, which allows for a wide variety of interpretations of CSV files. This section documents the format that seems to be followed by most implementations:" -- Michael Fuhr