Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CSV mode option for pg_dump
Date: 2006-06-13 21:08:43
Message-ID: 200606132108.k5DL8h027490@candle.pha.pa.us
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pg_dump CSV TODO item removed until we come up with something everyone
can agree on.

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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >
> > Would that be adequate, or do we really want to reimplement and maintain
> > all
> > the output format complexity in our own code, in C?
>
> I think the point is that we should provide a native implementation
> because not everyone is crazy enough to use perl (blatant jab ;)). I
> would never expect a customer to write a perl or python script just to
> get their data in what is widely considered a standard business format
> that can be imported by their userland application.
>
> The people on the hackers list, are NOT the target for this feature. The
> people on general, admin and novice are.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve
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