Date: 2013-07-19 14:00:37 +0200
From: @yzchang
To: SQL devs <>
Version: -- development

Last updated: 2019-01-21 16:59:51 +0100

Comment 18926

Date: 2013-07-19 14:00:37 +0200
From: @yzchang

Triggered by thread "Must the file be deleted after "copy binary into table
from file"" on July 19, 2013:

2. The actual behavior currently differs between data types; for numerical
   types, the user-provided files are moved as explained above; for stings, the
   files are read and processed, i.e., the used-provided file remains in place
   as-is. We need to consider unifying this behavior, e.g., by deleting also the
   user provided files for strings once they have been processed/loaded.

I'd vote for deleting the files containing strings as well, for reasons of storage.

Comment 26824

Date: 2019-01-21 16:59:51 +0100
From: @sjoerdmullender

This has been fixed in the sense that files are never deleted anymore when using COPY BINARY INTO.