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196 | 196 | stored/read as binary format rather than as text. It is |
197 | 197 | somewhat faster than the normal copy command, but is not |
198 | 198 | generally portable, and the files generated are somewhat larger, |
199 | | - although this factor is highly dependent on the data itself. By |
200 | | - default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter. |
| 199 | + although this factor is highly dependent on the data itself. |
| 200 | + </para> |
| 201 | + <para> |
| 202 | + By default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter. |
201 | 203 | The delimiter may also be changed to any other single character |
202 | 204 | with the keyword phrase USING DELIMITERS. Characters |
203 | 205 | in data fields which happen to match the delimiter character will |
204 | | - be quoted. |
| 206 | + bebackslashquoted. |
205 | 207 | </para> |
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207 | 209 | <para> |
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