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as a data value. To avoid any misinterpretation, a <literal>\.</>
data value appearing as a lone entry on a line is automatically
quoted on output, and on input, if quoted, is not interpreted as the
- end-of-data marker. If you are loading a single-column table that
- might have a column value of <literal>\.</>, you might need to quote
- that value in the input file.
+ end-of-data marker. If you are loading a file created by another
+ application that has a single unquoted column and might have a
+ value of <literal>\.</>, you might need to quote that value in the
+ input file.
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