Re: Log timestamps at higher resolution - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Log timestamps at higher resolution
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Msg-id 20181023191007.GF6049@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Log timestamps at higher resolution  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: Log timestamps at higher resolution  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
Re: Log timestamps at higher resolution  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 08:00:24AM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 7:51 AM David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> > Per gripes I've been hearing with increasing frequency, please find
> > attached a patch that implements $Subject. It's microsecond resolution
> > because at least at the moment, nanosecond resolution doesn't appear
> > to be helpful in this context.
> 
> Wouldn't you want to choose a new letter or some other way to make
> existing format control strings do what they always did?

I hadn't because I'd looked at the existing format as merely buggy in
lacking precision, although I guess with really fussy log processors,
this change could break things.

Have you seen processors like that in the wild?

Best,
David.
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