Re: psql \COPY accepts multiple NULL AS

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Stephen Frost wrote:
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> Greetings,
>
>   psql seems to accept syntax which would be rejected by the server,
>   which seems a bit odd:
>
>   sfrost*=# \copy billing_data from ../BillingSamplePricerFile.csv
>             with csv header quote as '"' null as 'abc' null as '123'
>   ERROR:  invalid input syntax for integer: ""
>
>   vs.
>
>   sfrost=# copy billing_data from stdin
>            with csv header quote as '"' null as 'abc' null as '123';
>   ERROR:  conflicting or redundant options
>
>   Now, honestly, I'd like to see support for multiple 'NULL AS' strings,
>   but till that's added it'd probably be best if psql error'd on this
>   like the backend does rather than accepting it and then not doing it.
>
>       Thanks!
>
>         Stephen
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