Re: [DOCS] Wrong COPY command synopsis

Firstly, I didn't remark there is a new and an old syntax and I wrongly mixed both of them.

Best regards

Petr Lancaric

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Datum: 27. 9. 2017 18:53:17
Předmět: Re: [DOCS] Wrong COPY command synopsis

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 4:01 AM, <petr.lancaric@seznam.cz> wrote:

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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-copy.html
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Postgres psql (PostgreSQL) 9.5.4

Wrong COPY command synopsis:

1. comma is not an options separator { ...( option [, ...]  ... }
2. FORMAT is not a kewyword {... FORMAT format_name ... }


Following two commands should be valid after synopsis, but they are not:

gis=# COPY gis_entity FROM &#39;/tmp/podl_db_city.csv&#39; DELIMITER &#39;,&#39;, FORMAT
csv;
ERROR:  syntax error at or near &quot;,&quot;
LINE 1: ..._entity FROM &#39;/tmp/podl_db_city.csv&#39; DELIMITER &#39;,&#39;, FORMAT c...

                                           ^
gis=# COPY gis_entity FROM &#39;/tmp/podl_db_city.csv&#39; DELIMITER &#39;,&#39; FORMAT
csv;
ERROR:  syntax error at or near &quot;FORMAT&quot;
LINE 1: ...entity FROM &#39;/tmp/podl_db_city.csv&#39; DELIMITER &#39;,&#39; FORMAT csv...

​The parentheses surrounding the options are not optional.  Personally I like to include the WITH.

COPY gis_entity FROM 'file.csv​' WITH ( FORMAT csv );

David J.