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# format_csv_* format settings

> ClickHouse format settings in the format_csv_* generated group.

export const SettingsInfoBlock = ({type, default_value, changeable_without_restart}) => {
  return <div className="not-prose" style={{
    display: "flex",
    flexWrap: "wrap",
    alignItems: "baseline",
    columnGap: "0.5rem",
    rowGap: "0.125rem",
    margin: "0.375rem 0",
    fontSize: "0.8125rem",
    lineHeight: "1.125rem"
  }}>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72
  }}>Type</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{type}</div>
      <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>Default</div>
      <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>{default_value}</div>
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    fontWeight: 600,
    opacity: 0.72,
    marginInlineStart: "0.5rem"
  }}>
          Changeable without restart
        </div>}
      {changeable_without_restart && <div style={{
    overflowWrap: "anywhere"
  }}>
          {changeable_without_restart}
        </div>}
    </div>;
};

These settings are autogenerated from [source](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/blob/master/src/Core/FormatFactorySettings.h).

<h2 id="format_csv_allow_double_quotes">
  format\_csv\_allow\_double\_quotes
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="1" />

If it is set to true, allow strings in double quotes.

<h2 id="format_csv_allow_single_quotes">
  format\_csv\_allow\_single\_quotes
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Bool" default_value="0" />

<VersionHistory rows={[{"id": "row-1","items": [{"label": "22.7"},{"label": "0"},{"label": "Most tools don't treat single quote in CSV specially, don't do it by default too"}]}]} />

If it is set to true, allow strings in single quotes.

<h2 id="format_csv_delimiter">
  format\_csv\_delimiter
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="Char" default_value="," />

The character to be considered as a delimiter in CSV data. If setting with a string, a string has to have a length of 1.

<h2 id="format_csv_null_representation">
  format\_csv\_null\_representation
</h2>

<SettingsInfoBlock type="String" default_value="\N" />

Custom NULL representation in CSV format