Re: log_min_messages per backend type - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chao Li
Subject Re: log_min_messages per backend type
Date
Msg-id 396CA546-7368-426C-B047-492564707ACB@gmail.com
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In response to Re: log_min_messages per backend type  ("Euler Taveira" <euler@eulerto.com>)
List pgsql-hackers

> On Feb 11, 2026, at 06:05, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026, at 10:03 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> On 2026-Feb-09, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>
>>> I just pushed this, and somehow I forgot to squash this into the commit.
>>> I don't think it matters terribly much though, so I'm going to hang onto
>>> this for a while in case some bug is found.
>>
>> Euler mentioned offlist that I also forgot to remove
>> log_min_messages_process_types from guc.h.  So that gives us this patch
>> for now.
>>
>
> I expanded this patch a bit with fixes proposed by Man Zeng and Noriyoshi
> Shinoda. Besides these changes, I noticed that
>
> * default value in uppercase: since we changed the vartype from enum to string
>  and enum maps DEBUG1 to "debug1" (see server_message_level_options), it
>  should use the lowercase string to keep the same output as previous versions.
>  There is no bug here. It is just a matter of keeping the same output.
> * use single quote: since we changed the vartype from enum to string, we should
>  add single quotes. If you don't add single quotes, it works (for a single
>  default log level) -- as exercised in the tests. However, as soon as the user
>  adds an extra element it fails. This avoids confusion.
>
> $ psql
> psql (19devel)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> postgres=# show log_min_messages;
> log_min_messages
> ------------------
> WARNING
> (1 row)
>
> postgres=# set log_min_messages to debug1;
> SET
> postgres=# show log_min_messages;
> log_min_messages
> ------------------
> debug1
> (1 row)
>
> postgres=# set log_min_messages to 'debug1';
> SET
> postgres=# show log_min_messages;
> log_min_messages
> ------------------
> debug1
> (1 row)
>
> postgres=# set log_min_messages to warning, backend:error;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near ":"
> LINE 1: set log_min_messages to warning, backend:error;
>                                                ^
> postgres=# set log_min_messages to 'warning, backend:error';
> SET
> postgres=# show log_min_messages;
>    log_min_messages
> ------------------------
> warning, backend:error
> (1 row)
>
>
> --
> Euler Taveira
> EDB   https://www.enterprisedb.com/<0001-Minor-cleanups-in-log_min_messages.patch>

This cleanup patch looks good to me.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/







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