Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at> writes: > On Wed, 2021-06-09 at 19:54 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: >> When using psql (version 13.3) against a version 13 cluster, the method >> shown in the compatibility section works whereas the methods shown in the >> synopsis and parameters sections do not work and will throw a syntax >> error.
> You must be misreading something, the new syntax works: > COPY (SELECT 42 AS x) TO STDOUT (FORMAT 'csv', FORCE_QUOTE (x)); The most probable explanation seems to be that the OP is actually connecting to an 8.4 (or older) PG server. regards, tom lane