Re: multiline CSV fields

Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com> writes:
> Endlessly extending the COPY command doesn't seem like a winning 
> proposition to me and I think if we aren't comfortable telling every user 
> to write a script to pre/post-process the data we should instead provide a 
> bulk loader/unloader that transforms things to our limited COPY 
> functionality.  There are all kinds of feature requests I've seen 
> along these lines that would make COPY a million option mess if we try to 
> support all of it directly.

I agree completely --- personally I'd not have put CSV into the backend
either.

IIRC we already have a TODO item for a separate bulk loader, but no
one's stepped up to the plate yet :-(
        regards, tom lane