> I think you're confusing postgresql with a spreadsheet program. ~ I wonder what makes you think so ~ > There are client programs which will do this for you, perhaps you wan one of those? ~ Well, then obviously there is the need for it and you were not successful enough at convincing these developers that they were "confusing postgresql with a spreadsheet program" ~ > PostgreSQL has 60+ types and many look like eachother. How do you propose to differentiate? ~ Data Types are basically about value ranges (how many bits do you need to hold the value) and formatting. IMHO, finding an optimal [im|ex]port reasoning among 60+ types should not be that much of a big deal. In fact as a data analyst I have exported and imported CSV data a whole lot and in many occasions it required some extra custom coding. I may as well consolidate my code as a whole jcsvport library in java and start an OS project when I find the time to so ~ lbrtchx
