From c7d7c15bb104d3ad2b7388a63e392ec8fbe2258b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:07:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the fact that COPY always uses the client encoding. --- doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml index 703951de803..bd1b94ae395 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.80 2007/04/18 02:28:22 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.81 2008/01/16 22:07:04 adunstan Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -353,6 +353,13 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> using <command>COPY TO</>. </para> + <para> + Input data is interpreted according to the current client encoding, + and output data is encoded in the the current client encoding, even + if the data does not pass through the client but is read from or + written to a file. + </para> + <para> <command>COPY</command> stops operation at the first error. This should not lead to problems in the event of a <command>COPY @@ -363,6 +370,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> happened well into a large copy operation. You might wish to invoke <command>VACUUM</command> to recover the wasted space. </para> + </refsect1> <refsect1> -- GitLab