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authorBruce Momjian2004-04-21 00:34:18 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2004-04-21 00:34:18 +0000
commit49d3d9cf40a6b0b9d891e6bfcaeffd154d87b293 (patch)
treeffc65e1fe03393d274158c773c05592e783d18d9 /doc/src
parent2d1221bf8983de9d3858b3688fd50ee9f25c564f (diff)
Change COPY CSV keyword to be:
FORCE QUOTE to force quotes FORCE NOT NULL to quote null input values
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml49
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml6
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 7d53d5d3aad..cc86af1ad16 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 1.56 2004/04/19 17:22:30 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.57 2004/04/21 00:34:18 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
[ NULL [ AS ] '<replaceable class="parameter">null string</replaceable>' ]
[ CSV [ QUOTE [ AS ] '<replaceable class="parameter">quote</replaceable>' ]
[ ESCAPE [ AS ] '<replaceable class="parameter">escape</replaceable>' ]
- [ LITERAL <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> [, ...] ]
+ [ FORCE NOT NULL <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> [, ...] ]
COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
TO { '<replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>' | STDOUT }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
[ NULL [ AS ] '<replaceable class="parameter">null string</replaceable>' ]
[ CSV [ QUOTE [ AS ] '<replaceable class="parameter">quote</replaceable>' ]
[ ESCAPE [ AS ] '<replaceable class="parameter">escape</replaceable>' ]
- [ FORCE <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> [, ...] ]
+ [ FORCE QUOTE <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> [, ...] ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
<term><literal>CSV</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Enables Comma Separated Variable (<literal>CSV</>) mode. (Also called
- Comma Separated Value). It sets the default <literal>DELIMITER</> to
- comma, and <literal>QUOTE</> and <literal>ESCAPE</> values to
- double-quote.
+ Enables Comma Separated Variable (<literal>CSV</>) mode. (Also
+ called Comma Separated Value). It sets the default
+ <literal>DELIMITER</> to comma, and <literal>QUOTE</> and
+ <literal>ESCAPE</> values to double-quote.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -207,38 +207,33 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
<term><replaceable class="parameter">escape</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the character that should appear before a <literal>QUOTE</>
- data character value in <literal>CSV</> mode. The default is the
- <literal>QUOTE</> value (usually double-quote).
+ Specifies the character that should appear before a
+ <literal>QUOTE</> data character value in <literal>CSV</> mode.
+ The default is the <literal>QUOTE</> value (usually double-quote).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><literal>FORCE</></term>
+ <term><literal>FORCE QUOTE</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- In <literal>CSV</> <command>COPY TO</> mode, forces quoting
- to be used for all non-<literal>NULL</> values in each specified
- column. <literal>NULL</> output is never quoted.
+ In <literal>CSV</> <command>COPY TO</> mode, forces quoting to be
+ used for all non-<literal>NULL</> values in each specified column.
+ <literal>NULL</> output is never quoted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><literal>LITERAL</></term>
+ <term><literal>FORCE NOT NULL</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- In <literal>CSV</> <command>COPY FROM</> mode, for each column specified,
- do not do a <literal>null string</> comparison; instead load the value
- literally. <literal>QUOTE</> and <literal>ESCAPE</> processing are still
- performed.
- </para>
- <para>
- If the <literal>null string</> is <literal>''</> (the default
- in <literal>CSV</> mode), a missing input value (<literal>delimiter,
- delimiter</>), will load as a zero-length string. <literal>Delimiter, quote,
- quote, delimiter</> is always treated as a zero-length string on input.
+ In <literal>CSV</> <command>COPY FROM</> mode, process each
+ specified column as though it were quoted and hance not a
+ <literal>NULL</> value. For the default <literal>null string</> in
+ <literal>CSV</> mode (<literal>''</>), this causes a missing
+ values to be input as a zero-length strings.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -483,7 +478,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
suffixed by the <literal>QUOTE</> character, and any occurrence
within the value of a <literal>QUOTE</> character or the
<literal>ESCAPE</> character is preceded by the escape character.
- You can also use <literal>FORCE</> to force quotes when outputting
+ You can also use <literal>FORCE QUOTE</> to force quotes when outputting
non-<literal>NULL</> values in specific columns.
</para>
@@ -496,7 +491,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
is quoted. Therefore, using the default settings, a <literal>NULL</> is
written as an unquoted empty string, while an empty string is
written with double quotes (<literal>""</>). Reading values follows
- similar rules. You can use <literal>LITERAL</> to prevent <literal>NULL</>
+ similar rules. You can use <literal>FORCE NOT NULL</> to prevent <literal>NULL</>
input comparisons for specific columns.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index c41080e1bac..99c0dbd95e8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.111 2004/04/19 17:22:30 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.112 2004/04/21 00:34:18 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -713,8 +713,8 @@ testdb=>
[ <literal>null [as] </literal> '<replaceable class="parameter">string</replaceable>' ]</literal>
[ <literal>csv [ quote [as] </literal> '<replaceable class="parameter">character</replaceable>' ]
[ <literal>escape [as] </literal> '<replaceable class="parameter">character</replaceable>' ]
- [ <literal>force</> <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ]
- [ <literal>literal</> <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ] ]
+ [ <literal>force quote</> <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ]
+ [ <literal>force not null</> <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ] ]
</term>
<listitem>