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This patch fixes a probably harmless write of uninitialized memory in

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the statistics collector and makes a number of corrections to the
documentation for SET, SHOW, and COPY.

Neil Conway
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Bruce Momjian
2002-08-04 05:09:36 +00:00
parent 7312c19ab5
commit 6b64704e4f
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.35 2002/08/02 18:15:04 tgl Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.36 2002/08/04 05:09:36 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">column list</replaceable></term>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
An optional list of columns to be copied. If no column list is
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
<para>
Changes the behavior of field formatting, forcing all data to be
stored or read in binary format rather than as text. You can not
specify DELIMITER or NULL in binary mode.
specify <option>DELIMITER</option>, <option>NULL</option>, or
a column list in binary mode.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
<term><replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The character that separates fields within each row (line) of the file.
The single character that separates fields within each row (line) of the file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -189,9 +190,7 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
<para>
<command>COPY</command> moves data between
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tables and standard file-system
files.
<command>COPY TO</command> copies the entire contents of a table
files. <command>COPY TO</command> copies the contents of a table
<emphasis>to</> a file, while <command>COPY FROM</command> copies
data <emphasis>from</> a file to a table (appending the data to
whatever is in the table already).
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
<para>
If a list of columns is specified, <command>COPY</command> will
only copy the data in the specified columns to or from the file.
If there are any columns in the table that are not in the file,
If there are any columns in the table that are not in the column list,
<command>COPY FROM</command> will insert the default values for
those columns.
</para>
@@ -249,8 +248,8 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
<para>
By default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter
between fields. The field delimiter may be changed to any other
single character with the keyword DELIMITER. Characters in data
fields that happen to match the delimiter character will be
single character with the keyword <option>DELIMITER</option>. Characters
in data fields that happen to match the delimiter character will be
backslash quoted.
</para>
@@ -635,15 +634,14 @@ OIDs to be shown as NULL if that ever proves desirable.
Usage
</title>
<para>
The following example copies a table to standard output,
using a vertical bar (|) as the field
delimiter:
The following example copies a table to standard output,
using a vertical bar (|) as the field delimiter:
</para>
<programlisting>
COPY country TO <filename>stdout</filename> WITH DELIMITER '|';
</programlisting>
<para>
To copy data from a Unix file into a table country:
To copy data from a Unix file into the <literal>country</> table:
</para>
<programlisting>
COPY country FROM '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/country_data';