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Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.66 diff -u -c -r1.66 copy.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml 2 Jun 2005 01:21:21 -0000 1.66 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml 2 Sep 2005 16:52:18 -0000 *************** *** 497,502 **** --- 497,511 ---- non-<literal>NULL</> values in specific columns. </para> + <note> + <para> + CSV mode will include all characters between <literal>QUOTE</> and + <literal>DELIMITER</> in the value for the field, this is of special + attention to those who use CSV mode to import data from other RDBMS + systems that create fixed width CSV files. + </para> + </note> + <para> The <literal>CSV</> format has no standard way to distinguish a <literal>NULL</> value from an empty string.
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