Thread: Bug report / feature enhancement

Bug report / feature enhancement

From
Melvin Davidson
Date:
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size="4">Iam using pgAdmin 1.10.0, however neither the version nor the O/S relevant. <br /><br />Up until, and
includingthe current version, pgAdmin expects the format for the postgresql log_filename to be
'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log'.However, most companies I have worked for use the format 'postgresql-%d.log'  or
'postgresql-%a.log',which causes pgAdmin to not be able to locate the file.<br /><br />How hard would it be to add an
option,in the General tab, which specifies the format for the log_filename, thus making it more flexible?<br
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rgb(0,0, 255);">Melvin Davidson </span></font><br /><font size="3"> </font><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:
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Re: Bug report / feature enhancement

From
Guillaume Lelarge
Date:
Le 21/03/2010 15:24, Melvin Davidson a écrit :
> I am using pgAdmin 1.10.0, however neither
>  the version nor the O/S relevant. 
> 
> Up until, and including the 
> current version, pgAdmin expects the format for the postgresql 
> log_filename to be 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log'. However, most 
> companies I have worked for use the format 'postgresql-%d.log'  or 
> 'postgresql-%a.log', which causes pgAdmin to not be able to locate the 
> file.
> 
> How hard would it be to add an option, in the General tab, 
> which specifies the format for the log_filename, thus making it more 
> flexible?
> 

I don't think it should be that hard. And this is something I would like
to have too. Need some time to work on it, though :/ Won't be on next
release unless someone else works on this.


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Re: Bug report / feature enhancement

From
Julius Tuskenis
Date:
Hello, Melvin<br /><br /> 2010.03.21 16:24, Melvin Davidson rašė: <blockquote
cite="mid:441388.31279.qm@web53005.mail.re2.yahoo.com"type="cite"><font size="3"><font size="4">How hard would it be to
addan option, in the General tab, which specifies the format for the log_filename, thus making it more flexible?<br
/></font></font><br/><div id="RTEContent"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; color:
rgb(0,0, 255);">Melvin Davidson </span></font></div></blockquote> I don't think General tab of pgAdmin Options window
isthe right place for this. As the log file name formating rules are defined for every postgresql server the format for
thelog_filename should be assigned to server properties.<br /><br /><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
 
Julius Tuskenis
Programavimo skyriaus vadovas
UAB nSoft
mob. +37068233050</pre>

Re: Bug report / feature enhancement

From
Dave Page
Date:
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Julius Tuskenis <julius@nsoft.lt> wrote:
> Hello, Melvin
>
> 2010.03.21 16:24, Melvin Davidson rašė:
>
> How hard would it be to add an option, in the General tab, which specifies
> the format for the log_filename, thus making it more flexible?
>
> Melvin Davidson
>
> I don't think General tab of pgAdmin Options window is the right place for
> this. As the log file name formating rules are defined for every postgresql
> server the format for the log_filename should be assigned to server
> properties.

It can be read automatically from the server, no need to store it
anywhere. That's not the hard part though...

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