Re: echo/printf function in plpgsql

On 7/19/05, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak(at)officenet(dot)no> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 17:18, Richard Huxton wrote:
> > Andreas Joseph Krogh wrote:
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > Is there a way of echo'ing a string(like "raise notice 'this is id%',
> > > id") from plpgsql? I want to echo/print it to STDOUT 'cause the
> > > notice-mechanism produces too much noise IMH.
> >
> > Your function is running in the backend. You don't have a STDOUT
> > (although you might have redirected STDERR for logging).
>
> I see. Can I make the ouput somehow less verbose? It spits out a lot of noise
> for each "NOTICE":

You can control the severity messages sent to your client by first
setting client_min_message.

Try SET client_min_messages = WARNING;

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/runtime-config.html

Tony