Hi,
I'm using frequently the download file function in the query tool. In previous 
version of PgAdmin4, I select field separator ";"  and file was always 
generated with extension .csv and can be opened directly by Excel in one click 
with correct columns !

Now I have always .txt extension (since 4.28 or before, I'm in PgAdmin 4.29 for 
now) but the .txt file do not open directly in excel
I Have to launch excel and open it but colums are not detected in my French 
excel, I have to convert data...(idem with TAB separator)...fastidious !
Or I have to save the file from the browser, then navigate to file, then I 
change its extension to .csv, confirm and then the file is opened 
correctly...fastidious !

When I choose field separator "," in PgAdmin, then file is generated with 
extension .csv but colums are not detected in French Excel (comma is the 
decimal number separator in France...)
=> How can I "force" or choose in Pgadmin to always generate file with 
extension .csv independently of selected field separator ?


2nd point: Can we choose file encoding of generated file too ? it's in UTF-8 
now (was plateform dependant in PgAdmin 3?)
accentuated characters are not detected corretly by french excel (expecting by 
default my Windows-1252 plateform encoding), I have to import file in excel and 
to select the right utf8 encoding in a huge encoding list...

Other approach : copy from query result then paste in excel and save the file 
myself...
accent are ok but column header are missing, I need to select the option on 
each new query tab "copy with header" => there is no pgAdmin preferences for 
that point ? (was in PgAdmin 3)


Yes we can blame Excel/Windows and csv format but it's the only download format 
proposed here  for spreadsheet tool and only theses 2-3 configurations are 
missing to parametrize it as expected by end user platform...

Thanks

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