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CustomSeparatedWithNamesAndTypes

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Description

Also prints two header rows with column names and types, similar to TabSeparatedWithNamesAndTypes.

Example usage

Inserting data

Using the following txt file, named as football.txt:

row('date';'season';'home_team';'away_team';'home_team_goals';'away_team_goals'),row('Date';'Int16';'LowCardinality(String)';'LowCardinality(String)';'Int8';'Int8'),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Sutton United';'Bradford City';1;4),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Swindon Town';'Barrow';2;1),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Tranmere Rovers';'Oldham Athletic';2;0),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Port Vale';'Newport County';1;2),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Salford City';'Mansfield Town';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Barrow';'Northampton Town';1;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bradford City';'Carlisle United';2;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bristol Rovers';'Scunthorpe United';7;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Exeter City';'Port Vale';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Harrogate Town A.F.C.';'Sutton United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Hartlepool United';'Colchester United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Leyton Orient';'Tranmere Rovers';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Mansfield Town';'Forest Green Rovers';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Newport County';'Rochdale';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Oldham Athletic';'Crawley Town';3;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Stevenage Borough';'Salford City';4;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Walsall';'Swindon Town';0;3)

Configure the custom delimiter settings:

SET format_custom_row_before_delimiter = 'row(';
SET format_custom_row_after_delimiter = ')';
SET format_custom_field_delimiter = ';';
SET format_custom_row_between_delimiter = ',';
SET format_custom_escaping_rule = 'Quoted';

Insert the data:

INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.txt' FORMAT CustomSeparatedWithNamesAndTypes;

Reading data

Configure the custom delimiter settings:

SET format_custom_row_before_delimiter = 'row(';
SET format_custom_row_after_delimiter = ')';
SET format_custom_field_delimiter = ';';
SET format_custom_row_between_delimiter = ',';
SET format_custom_escaping_rule = 'Quoted';

Read data using the CustomSeparatedWithNamesAndTypes format:

SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT CustomSeparatedWithNamesAndTypes

The output will be in the configured custom format:

row('date';'season';'home_team';'away_team';'home_team_goals';'away_team_goals'),row('Date';'Int16';'LowCardinality(String)';'LowCardinality(String)';'Int8';'Int8'),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Sutton United';'Bradford City';1;4),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Swindon Town';'Barrow';2;1),row('2022-04-30';2021;'Tranmere Rovers';'Oldham Athletic';2;0),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Port Vale';'Newport County';1;2),row('2022-05-02';2021;'Salford City';'Mansfield Town';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Barrow';'Northampton Town';1;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bradford City';'Carlisle United';2;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Bristol Rovers';'Scunthorpe United';7;0),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Exeter City';'Port Vale';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Harrogate Town A.F.C.';'Sutton United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Hartlepool United';'Colchester United';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Leyton Orient';'Tranmere Rovers';0;1),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Mansfield Town';'Forest Green Rovers';2;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Newport County';'Rochdale';0;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Oldham Athletic';'Crawley Town';3;3),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Stevenage Borough';'Salford City';4;2),row('2022-05-07';2021;'Walsall';'Swindon Town';0;3)

Format settings

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