Re: To Gilles Darold 2016-10-14 <20161014125406.albrfj3qldiwjnrr@msg.df7cb.de>
> A better design might be to return two columns instead:
>
> postgres=# select * from pg_current_logfile();
> stderr | csvlog
> ---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------
> pg_log/postgresql-2016-10-07_1646.log | pg_log/postgresql-2016-10-07_1646.csv
> (The alternative could be to return an extra column:
>
> postgres=# select * from pg_current_logfile();
> type | logfile
> ---------------------------------------
> stderr | pg_log/postgresql-2016-10-07_1646.log
> csvlog | pg_log/postgresql-2016-10-07_1646.csv
Usability-wise it might be better to have pg_current_logfile() just
return the name of the text log (and possibly a HINT that there's a
csv log if stderr is disabled), and have a second function
pg_current_csvlog() return the csv log name.
The choice which design is better will probably depend on if we think
these functions are meant for interactive use (-> 2 functions), or for
automated use (-> 2 columns). My guess would be that interactive use
is more important here.
Christoph
