Gregory Stark wrote:
The only file formats I ever wanted when I was doing this kind of stuff is tab separated, all the others (comma separated and (egads) *pipe* separated?!) are just disasters.
Others of us have to operate in a world where we don't get to choose the format of data we receive. Having Postgres work with common data interchange formats is a Good Thing (tm).
(I also have my own opinion of the disutility of tab as a separator.) cheers andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq