Merge pull request #134174 from linda33wj/master

Update quote char & escape char behavior in MDF

Author: PRMerger14

articles/data-factory/format-delimited-text.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ms.reviewer: craigg
 ms.service: data-factory
 ms.workload: data-services
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 09/15/2020
+ms.date: 10/16/2020
 ms.author: jingwang
 ---
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ For a full list of sections and properties available for defining datasets, see
 | location         | Location settings of the file(s). Each file-based connector has its own location type and supported properties under `location`.  | Yes      |
 | columnDelimiter  | The character(s) used to separate columns in a file. <br>The default value is **comma  `,`**. When the column delimiter is defined as empty string, which means no delimiter, the whole line is taken as a single column.<br>Currently, column delimiter as empty string or multi-char is only supported for mapping data flow but not Copy activity.  | No       |
 | rowDelimiter     | The single character or "\r\n" used to separate rows in a file. <br>The default value is any of the following values **on read: ["\r\n", "\r",  "\n"]**, and **"\n" or “\r\n” on write** by mapping data flow and Copy activity respectively. <br>When the row delimiter is set to no delimiter (empty string), the column delimiter must be set as no delimiter (empty string) as well, which means to treat the entire content as a single value.<br>Currently, row delimiter as empty string is only supported for mapping data flow but not Copy activity. | No       |
-| quoteChar        | The single character to quote column values if it contains column delimiter. <br>The default value is **double quotes** `"`. <br>For mapping data flow, `quoteChar` cannot be an empty string. <br>For Copy activity, when `quoteChar` is defined as empty string, it means there is no quote char and column value is not quoted, and `escapeChar` is used to escape the column delimiter and itself. | No       |
-| escapeChar       | The single character to escape quotes inside a quoted value.<br>The default value is **backslash `\`**. <br>For mapping data flow, `escapeChar` cannot be an empty string. <br/>For Copy activity, when `escapeChar` is defined as empty string, the `quoteChar` must be set as empty string as well, in which case make sure all column values don’t contain delimiters. | No       |
+| quoteChar        | The single character to quote column values if it contains column delimiter. <br>The default value is **double quotes** `"`. <br>When `quoteChar` is defined as empty string, it means there is no quote char and column value is not quoted, and `escapeChar` is used to escape the column delimiter and itself. | No       |
+| escapeChar       | The single character to escape quotes inside a quoted value.<br>The default value is **backslash `\`**. <br>When `escapeChar` is defined as empty string, the `quoteChar` must be set as empty string as well, in which case make sure all column values don’t contain delimiters. | No       |
 | firstRowAsHeader | Specifies whether to treat/make the first row as a header line with names of columns.<br>Allowed values are **true** and **false** (default).<br>When first row as header is false, note UI data preview and lookup activity output auto generate column names as Prop_{n} (starting from 0), copy activity requires [explicit mapping](copy-activity-schema-and-type-mapping.md#explicit-mapping) from source to sink and locates columns by ordinal (starting from 1), and mapping data flow lists and locates columns with name as Column_{n} (starting from 1).  | No       |
 | nullValue        | Specifies the string representation of null value. <br>The default value is **empty string**. | No       |
 | encodingName     | The encoding type used to read/write test files. <br>Allowed values are as follows: "UTF-8", "UTF-16", "UTF-16BE", "UTF-32", "UTF-32BE", "US-ASCII", “UTF-7”, "BIG5", "EUC-JP", "EUC-KR", "GB2312", "GB18030", "JOHAB", "SHIFT-JIS", "CP875", "CP866", "IBM00858", "IBM037", "IBM273", "IBM437", "IBM500", "IBM737", "IBM775", "IBM850", "IBM852", "IBM855", "IBM857", "IBM860", "IBM861", "IBM863", "IBM864", "IBM865", "IBM869", "IBM870", "IBM01140", "IBM01141", "IBM01142", "IBM01143", "IBM01144", "IBM01145", "IBM01146", "IBM01147", "IBM01148", "IBM01149", "ISO-2022-JP", "ISO-2022-KR", "ISO-8859-1", "ISO-8859-2", "ISO-8859-3", "ISO-8859-4", "ISO-8859-5", "ISO-8859-6", "ISO-8859-7", "ISO-8859-8", "ISO-8859-9", "ISO-8859-13", "ISO-8859-15", "WINDOWS-874", "WINDOWS-1250", "WINDOWS-1251", "WINDOWS-1252", "WINDOWS-1253", "WINDOWS-1254", "WINDOWS-1255", "WINDOWS-1256", "WINDOWS-1257", "WINDOWS-1258”.<br>Note mapping data flow doesn’t support UTF-7 encoding. | No       |