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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml index fac440bf9f2..bdebff077b1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.15 2000/04/18 23:43:24 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.16 2000/04/18 23:44:58 momjian Exp $ Postgres documentation --> @@ -196,12 +196,14 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable> stored/read as binary format rather than as text. It is somewhat faster than the normal copy command, but is not generally portable, and the files generated are somewhat larger, - although this factor is highly dependent on the data itself. By - default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter. + although this factor is highly dependent on the data itself. + </para> + <para> + By default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter. The delimiter may also be changed to any other single character with the keyword phrase USING DELIMITERS. Characters in data fields which happen to match the delimiter character will - be quoted. + be backslash quoted. </para> <para> |