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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<para>
There is no <command>COPY</command> statement in SQL92.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The following syntax was used by pre-7.3 servers and is still supported:
+ <synopsis>
+ COPY [ BINARY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WITH OIDS ]
+ FROM { '<replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>' | <filename>stdin</filename> }
+ [ [USING] DELIMITERS '<replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable>' ]
+ [ WITH NULL AS '<replaceable class="parameter">null string</replaceable>' ]
+ COPY [ BINARY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ WITH OIDS ]
+ TO { '<replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>' | <filename>stdout</filename> }
+ [ [USING] DELIMITERS '<replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable>' ]
+ [ WITH NULL AS '<replaceable class="parameter">null string</replaceable>' ]
+ </synopsis>
+ </para>
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<para>
FOR UPDATE cannot be used in contexts where returned rows can't be clearly
identified with individual table rows; for example it can't be used with
- aggregation.
+ aggregation. FOR UPDATE may also appear before LIMIT for portability with
+ pre-7.3 servers.
</para>
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