> ... are times local or UTC ~ this is a rather semantic, not a syntactic issue that some code could NOT decide based on the data it reads ~ > Should we assume integer or float? ~ is a dot anywhere in the data you read in for that particular column? ... ~ > Varchar or text? ~ Is the length of the data read in always less than 255 bytes ( or characters?)? ... ~ You have made clear to me why my attempt for a RFE for COPY FROM CVS has found some technical resistance/disagreement, but I still think my idea even if not so popular for concrete and cultural reasons makes at least sense to some people ~ DBAs ussualy have a mental map of the data they have on each table, etc; whereas as a data analyst you find yourself constantly reading in, cleasing and marshaling data from which you have no prior knowledge ~ lbrtchx
