On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 04:39:48PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > > st 23. 12. 2020 v 16:24 odesílatel Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> napsal: > > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 07:18:24AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote: > >> Implementation of tsv format should not be hard. > >> What do you think about this? > > > How would you handle tabs in the data? > > The main problem with csv is the severe lack of standardization > around what to do with corner cases (delimiters in data, empty > fields, etc). Seems like "tsv" would be even worse. Is there > an actual standard anywhere? > > > Probably not - there are just common conventions. > > standard disallows tab chars inside > > https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/tab-separated-values
Is it too awkward to throw an error if there is a tab? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
