On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM Matemática A3K <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Yeah, that last part could use some cleanup.  I’d probably rewrite it
>> using csv though instead of tab-delimited so as to remove the need for a
>> parenthetical.
>>
>> David J.
>>
>
David,

I'm attaching the patch although without the format that Laurenz used (not
sure if it is needed though).

It fixes the problem and removes the parenthetical, do you think is OK?

Thanks!

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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml
index b190f28d41e..8f5de9e23bc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml
@@ -264,14 +264,14 @@ COPY weather FROM '/home/user/weather.txt';
 
     where the file name for the source file must be available on the
     machine running the backend process, not the client, since the backend process
-    reads the file directly.  The data inserted above into the weather table
-    could also be inserted from a file containing (values are separated by a
-    tab character):
+    reads the file directly. The file should have a structure supported by the
+    command, i.e.:
 
 <programlisting>
-San Francisco    46    50    0.25    1994-11-27
-San Francisco    43    57    0.0    1994-11-29
-Hayward    37    54    \N    1994-11-29
+San Francisco;46;50;0.25;1994-11-27
+San Francisco;43;57;0.0;1994-11-29
+Hayward;37;54;;1994-11-29
 </programlisting>
 
     You can read more about the <command>COPY</command> command in

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