On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, FAST PostgreSQL wrote:
I think adding the 'format' of the log as an option in the 'destination'
may be confusing. We can have a new boolean variable like
'output_sql_log' or 'log_sql_format' which will trigger the output of
INSERT-able log in addition to syslog/stderr/eventlog in text format as
it is now.
What's confusing about it? Consider this hypothetical postgresql.conf
snippet:
log_destination = 'stderr,sql' # Valid values are combinations of
# stderr, syslog, sql, and eventlog,
# depending on platform.
# These are relevant when logging to sql:
log_sql_table = 'pg_log' # Table SQL formatted logs INSERT into
# Default is 'pg_log'
Adding new GUC variables isn't without cost; no reason to add a new one
when there's a perfectly good destination one already whose syntax is
completely appropriate for this task.
I personally would just ignore the duration two entries per statement
problem and make that the log analyzer software's job to fix, but I'm
likely biased here because I don't ever do anything with that data.
My preference would be for the sql-logs to use the same variables as
that of redirect_stderr. In the directory mentioned by the user on
log_directory we just output the sql logs in a file with an '.SQL'
appended to the filename specified by the user in log_filename. This
also means we can make use of the log_truncation and log_rotate options
(I hope. I will have a look at that).
You're talking along the same lines here I was trying to suggest in my
previous message. Keep all the current behavior as far as truncation and
rotation go, just provide a different name for the file. If you just
appended a suffix like .sql to the existing name, that would remove
another GUC variable requirement. I think eventually people will complain
about this, and want a separately formatted filename altogether, but
there's nothing wrong with the approach you suggest for a first version of
this feature. I know I'm so desparate for a better solution to log
importing that I'd be happy with any workable improvement.
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* Greg Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
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