Document that the COPY delimiter must be an ASCII byte, rather than a

multi-byte value.  It can also be a single-byte encoded character if
the client and server versions match.

Backpatch to 8.2.X.
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Bruce Momjian 2007-04-18 00:18:31 +00:00
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.77 2006/09/18 19:54:01 tgl Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.77.2.1 2007/04/18 00:18:31 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
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@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable c
<term><replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The single character that separates columns within each row
The single ASCII character that separates columns within each row
(line) of the file. The default is a tab character in text mode,
a comma in <literal>CSV</> mode.
</para>