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stored/read as binary format rather than as text. It is
somewhat faster than the normal copy command, but is not
generally portable, and the files generated are somewhat larger,
- although this factor is highly dependent on the data itself. By
- default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter.
+ although this factor is highly dependent on the data itself.
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+ By default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter.
The delimiter may also be changed to any other single character
with the keyword phrase USING DELIMITERS. Characters
in data fields which happen to match the delimiter character will
- be quoted.
+ be backslash quoted.
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