On Fri, 07 Jul 2023 at 16:21, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 4:53 PM Japin Li <japi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 07 Jul 2023 at 14:46, jian he <jian.universal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 1:06 PM Japin Li <japi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi, hackers
>> >>
>> >> When I try to change log_destination using ALTER SYSTEM with the wrong 
>> >> value,
>> >> it complains of the "Unrecognized key word" without available values.  
>> >> This
>> >> patch tries to add a hint message that provides available values for
>> >> log_destination.  Any thoughts?
>
> +1
>
> +           appendStringInfo(&errhint, "\"stderr\"");
> +#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
> +           appendStringInfo(&errhint, ", \"syslog\"");
> +#endif
> +#ifdef WIN32
> +           appendStringInfo(&errhint, ", \"eventlog\"");
> +#endif
> +           appendStringInfo(&errhint, ", \"csvlog\", and \"jsonlog\"");
>
> I think using appendStringInfoString() is a bit more natural and faster.
>

Thanks for your review! Fixed as per your suggession.

>From e0338c5085e655f9a25f13cd5acea9a3110806fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Japin Li <japi...@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 15:48:53 +0800
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/1] Add hint message for check_log_destination

---
 src/backend/utils/error/elog.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
index 5898100acb..a7545dcbd9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -2228,8 +2228,22 @@ check_log_destination(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource source)
 #endif
 		else
 		{
+			StringInfoData errhint;
+
+			initStringInfo(&errhint);
+			appendStringInfoString(&errhint, "\"stderr\"");
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+			appendStringInfoString(&errhint, ", \"syslog\"");
+#endif
+#ifdef WIN32
+			appendStringInfoString(&errhint, ", \"eventlog\"");
+#endif
+			appendStringInfoString(&errhint, ", \"csvlog\", and \"jsonlog\"");
+
 			GUC_check_errdetail("Unrecognized key word: \"%s\".", tok);
+			GUC_check_errhint("Valid values are combinations of %s.", errhint.data);
 			pfree(rawstring);
+			pfree(errhint.data);
 			list_free(elemlist);
 			return false;
 		}
-- 
2.25.1

-- 
Regrads,
Japin Li.

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