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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml index 188f892fa0f..34f1b496ebf 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.66 2005/06/02 01:21:21 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.67 2005/09/05 14:44:05 adunstan Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -512,6 +512,19 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla </para> <note> + <para> + In <literal>CSV</> mode, all characters are significant. A quoted value + surrounded by white space, or any characters other than + <literal>DELIMITER</>, will include those characters. This can cause + errors if you import data from a system that pads <literal>CSV</> + lines with white space out to some fixed width. If such a situation + arises you might need to preprocess the <literal>CSV</> file to remove + the trailing white space, before importing the data into + <productname>PostgreSQL</>. + </para> + </note> + + <note> <para> CSV mode will both recognize and produce CSV files with quoted values containing embedded carriage returns and line feeds. Thus |