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@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@
</variablelist>
<para>
- Note that while <command>COPY</> allows options such as OIDS and HEADER
+ Note that while <command>COPY</> allows options such as OIDS and HEADER
to be specified without a corresponding value, the foreign data wrapper
- syntax requires a value to be present in all cases. To activate
+ syntax requires a value to be present in all cases. To activate
<command>COPY</> options normally supplied without a value, you can
- instead pass the value TRUE.
+ instead pass the value TRUE.
</para>
<para>
@@ -140,6 +140,21 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>force_null</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This is a Boolean option. If true, it specifies that values of the
+ column which match the null string are returned as <literal>NULL</>
+ even if the value is quoted. Without this option, only unquoted
+ values matching the null string are returned as <literal>NULL</>.
+ This has the same effect as listing the column in
+ <command>COPY</>'s <literal>FORCE_NULL</literal> option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
<para>