On Monday, February 15, 2021, Abdul Qoyyuum <aqoyy...@cardaccess.com.au>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Postgresql cluster with master and multiple slaves running on
> version 9.6. I'm trying to adjust the log_statement from all to ddl on
> specific databases (i.e. postgresql.conf has log_statement='all' but I need
> a couple of databases set to log_statement='ddl').
>
> etx_ecom=# ALTER DATABASE etx_ecom SET log_statement='ddl';
> ALTER DATABASE
> etx_ecom=# show log_statement;
> log_statement
> ---------------
> all
> (1 row)
>
> etx_ecom=# INSERT into card_type VALUES('Q','TEST');
> INSERT 0 1
>
> etx_ecom=#
>
> Feb 16 10:56:11 db1 postgres[21682]: [3602-1] <myusername@[local]->etx_ecom>
> LOG: statement: INSERT into card_type VALUES('Q','TEST');
>
> Why doesn't the Alter Database work?
>
>
It did - you just didn’t start a new session as the documentation directs.
You only altered a default that is only considered during user sign-in.
David J.
