Ron wrote: > On 05/02/2018 04:49 PM, David G. Johnston wrote: > [snip] > > > > - the microsoft patented CSV would be required for implementation. it > > handles special data with commas and double-quotes in them > > > > > > If true this seems like a show-stopper to anything PostgreSQL would implement > > If MSFT really holds a patent on the CSV format, then Postgresql is already > in a world of hurt. Even if the CSV format was patented, don't patents only last 17 years? Has anyone found the patent? When was it granted? I would guess in the 1980s. And can anyone remember MS ever demanding a fee for using it?
