Re: Add support for logging the current role - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Add support for logging the current role
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Msg-id AANLkTikybkb7qduTN5Ys3N_df-7_BcVbTKmtaqGHV8Sz@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Add support for logging the current role  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: Add support for logging the current role  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> On 02/16/2011 04:24 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Stephen Frost<sfrost@snowman.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> * Andrew Dunstan (andrew@dunslane.net) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 02/15/2011 11:13 AM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Think I suggested that at one point.  I'm all for doing that on a major
>>>>> version change like this one, but I think we already had some concerns
>>>>> about that on this thread (Andrew maybe?).
>>>>
>>>> I could live with it for a release if I thought we had a clear path
>>>> ahead, but I think there are some design issues that we need to
>>>> think about before we start providing for header lines and variable
>>>> formats in CSV logs, particularly w.r.t. log rotation etc. So I'm
>>>> slightly nervous about going ahead with this right now.
>>>
>>> I believe the suggestion that Robert and I were talking about above was
>>> to just unilatterally change the CSV log file output format to include
>>> current_role.  No header lines, no variable output format, etc.
>>>
>>> I do think we can make header lines and variable output work, if we can
>>> get agreement on what the semantics should be.
>>
>> I think we're back to not having a consensus on a reasonable way to
>> proceed here.  Let's take this up again for 9.2.
>>
>
> That's up to you. I can certainly live with what is suggested in Stephen's
> penultimate para above.

OK.  If no one objects further, Stephen and I will make that happen.
Otherwise: he's dead, Jim.

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Robert Haas
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