I just submitted a patch to fix various elog() issues. I have two additional proposals.
First, I think ERROR/DEBUG/NOTICE/FATAL, etc are too generic and cause compile problems/warnings, especially with Perl. I suggest renaming all elog levels to PG*, so it would be PGERROR and PGINFO. We could also do E_* or E*. I am interested in other opinions. Second, I propose adding two GUC variables that control how much elog() info is sent to the server and client logs. I suggest 'server_message_min' with possible values DEBUG, LOG, NOTICE, ERROR, FATAL, CRASH; and 'client_message_min' with possible values INFO, NOTICE, ERROR, FATAL, CRASH. We currently have 'debug_level' which controls how much debug information is sent to the server logs. I believe this would have to remain because it controls how _much_ DEBUG output is printed. We could go with some kind of hybrid where "DEBUG 5" sets DEBUG as the minimum reporting mode with level 5. This functionality mimics the log filter functionality of syslog(3). Comments? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
