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release-21.2: sql,csv: distinguish empty columns from quoted empty strings in COPY #86148

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@rafiss rafiss commented Aug 15, 2022

Backport 1/2 commits from #84487.

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Release justification: bug fix


Release note (bug fix): Previously, an empty column in the input to
COPY ... FROM CSV would be treated as an empty string. Now, this is
treated as NULL. The quoted empty string can still be used to input an
empty string, Similarly, if a different NULL token is specified in
the command options, it can be quoted in order to be treated as the
equivalent string value.

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@rafiss rafiss changed the title release-21.2: sql,csv: distinguish empty columns from quoted empty strings release-21.2: sql,csv: distinguish empty columns from quoted empty strings in COPY Aug 15, 2022
@rafiss rafiss requested a review from a team August 16, 2022 04:11
Release note (bug fix): Previously, an empty column in the input to
COPY ... FROM CSV would be treated as an empty string. Now, this is
treated as NULL. The quoted empty string can still be used to input an
empty string, Similarly, if a different NULL token is specified in
the command options, it can be quoted in order to be treated as the
equivalent string value.
@rafiss rafiss merged commit e72abdb into cockroachdb:release-21.2 Aug 16, 2022
@rafiss rafiss deleted the backport21.2-84487 branch August 16, 2022 15:41
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