Re: using syslog to capture RAISE notices

That was it. Thank you.

syslog = 2 # range 0-2

For those using FreeBSD, the configuration file is:
/usr/local/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf

and HUP the running postmaster after your change.

Thanks Bruce.

On 11 Mar 2002 at 16:33, Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
> Yes, use postgresql.conf:
>
> #syslog = 0 # range 0-2
> #syslog_facility = 'LOCAL0'
> #syslog_ident = 'postgres'
>
> Set syslog to 1 or 2. Remove # comment character.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dan Langille wrote:
> > I compiled with the default FreeBSD install:
> >
> > CONFIGURE_ARGS= --enable-locale --enable-syslog --with-CXX \
> > --docdir=${PREFIX}/share/doc --with-
> > libdir=${LOCALBASE}/lib \
> > --with-includes=${LOCALBASE}/include
> >
> > What's this Use_syslog? Is that a user configurable item?
> > I am seeing nothing in syslog. The raise is working:
> >
> > test=# CREATE FUNCTION test() returns int8 AS '
> > test'# BEGIN
> > test'# raise DEBUG \'this is dan raising a notice\';
> > test'# RETURN 1;
> > test'# END
> > test'# ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> > CREATE
> > test=# select test();
> > test
> > ------
> > 1
> > (1 row)
> >
> > test=#
> >
> > On 11 Mar 2002 at 15:46, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Strange. I see this in 7.2 elog.c:
> > >
> > > #ifdef ENABLE_SYSLOG
> > > /* Write to syslog, if enabled */
> > > if (Use_syslog >= 1)
> > > {
> > > int syslog_level;
> > >
> > > switch (lev)
> > > {
> > > case DEBUG:
> > > syslog_level = LOG_DEBUG;
> > > break;
> > > case NOTICE:
> > > syslog_level
> > >
> > > I assume you compiled with syslog enabled by configure? Are you seeing
> > > anything in syslog or are you just lacking the plpgsql RAISE?
> > >
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > ----
> > >
> > > Dan Langille wrote:
> > > > Can syslog be configured to capture RAISE messages?
> > > >
> > > > Reading http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?plpgsql-
> > > > description.html#PLPGSQL-DESCRIPTION-ABORTING-AND-MESSAGES, I know
> > > > how to raise an exception, notice, or debug message. But I've been
> > > > unable to get those messages logged via syslog.
> > > >
> > > > I have this in syslog.conf:
> > > >
> > > > *.debug;*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err
> > > > /var/log/messages
> > > >
> > > > Here is the test routine I've used:
> > > >
> > > > DROP FUNCTION test();
> > > > CREATE FUNCTION test() returns int8 AS '
> > > > BEGIN
> > > > raise DEBUG \'this is dan raising a notice\';
> > > > RETURN 1;
> > > > END
> > > > ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> > > >
> > > > And the test:
> > > >
> > > > fp2rifixed=# select test();
> > > > test
> > > > ------
> > > > 1
> > > > (1 row)
> > > >
> > > > But nothing appears in /var/log/messages (yes, syslogd was HUP'd).
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, this is PostgreSQL 7.2 under FreeBSD 4.5.

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