Re: autovacuum daemon question...

I like the idea of having a autovacuum_log_min_messages. From my previous
experience the pg_autovacuum.log files have been useful in diagnosing
problems in the field.

- Joe

On 11/9/05, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Joe Maldonado <joe(dot)maldonado(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I agree...for now while I'm developing and debugging my application I
> can
> > have the logging be that verbose...I agree that these should be handled
> as
> > info messages, since they are invaluable in investigating problems.
>
> This would be a pretty bad idea IMHO, since it would lead to bloating
> the logs with autovacuum progress messages by default --- and whatever
> you may think about it, I really doubt that the average DBA will want
> those messages there all the time.
>
> I wonder whether it would be practical to let the autovacuum daemon have
> its own value of log_min_messages. The alternative to that seems to be
> to invent a new log severity level just for autovacuum, which is pretty
> gross (especially since it's not obvious how it should sort relative to
> LOG and DEBUG1).
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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Joe Maldonado