Re: [Fwd: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Import from Linux to

Andrew Dunstan said:
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
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>>One issue is that pre-8.0, psql files were opened in Win32 text mode,
>>so we wouldn't have seen this bug on Win32, but we would on Linux.
>>Because we open them on Win32 now in binary mode so we see control-Z it
>>will show up on Win32 too.
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> true, *BUT*
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> The patch is not platform-specific. It simply makes psql accept the
> same  line endings on COPY FROM that the backend will accept - in
> effect it  makes it line-end agnostic - this is a Good Thing (tm).
>
> We are still months away from releasing 8.0, so I think doing this for
> tomorrow's 7.4 bundle makes sense.
>

There's another question this bug raises, though. Why doesn't the server
protest when it sees more copy data passed in after it sees the end marker?

cheers

andrew