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Update COPY manual page to remove unneeded warnings.
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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/copy.l,v 1.2 1996/12/11 00:27:09 momjian Exp $
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/copy.l,v 1.3 1997/07/29 21:43:40 momjian Exp $
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.TH COPY SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
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.SH NAME
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copy \(em copy data to or from a class from or to a Unix file.
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command, but is not generally portable, and the files generated are
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somewhat larger, although this factor is highly dependent on the data
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itself.
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When copying in, the
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.BR "with oids"
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keyword should only be used on an empty database because
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the loaded oids could conflict with existing oids.
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By default, a ASCII
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.BR copy
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uses a tab (\\t) character as a delimiter. The delimiter may also be changed
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.SM $PGDATA\c
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/foo. In general, the full pathname should be used when specifying
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files to be copied.
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.PP
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.BR Copy
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has virtually no error checking, and a malformed input file will
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likely cause the backend to crash. You should avoid using
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.BR copy
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for input whenever possible.

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