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<term><replaceable class="parameter">quote</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the quotation character in <literal>CSV</> mode.
+ Specifies the ASCII quotation character in <literal>CSV</> mode.
The default is double-quote.
</para>
</listitem>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">escape</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the character that should appear before a
+ Specifies the ASCII 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>
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.281 2007/04/18 00:38:57 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.282 2007/04/18 02:28:22 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
if (cstate->csv_mode && strlen(cstate->quote) != 1)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
- errmsg("COPY quote must be a single character")));
+ errmsg("COPY quote must be a single ASCII character")));
/* Check escape */
if (!cstate->csv_mode && cstate->escape != NULL)
if (cstate->csv_mode && strlen(cstate->escape) != 1)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
- errmsg("COPY escape must be a single character")));
+ errmsg("COPY escape must be a single ASCII character")));
/* Check force_quote */
if (!cstate->csv_mode && force_quote != NIL)