Another interesting idea, if we do a single log variable with parameters separated by commas, is to allow some syntax where you could specify the delimiter between fields, so it could be:
log_line: "|", dbname, username or log_line: " ", dbname, username --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Berkus wrote: > Tom, > > > > I'm prepared to be guided by concensus, though. > > > > I'm not dead set on it either, just wanted to raise a flag. Who else > > has an opinion? > > >From my perspective, we could really use a "delimiter" between the "fields" of > log output which is unlikely to appear within those fields instead of parsing > by character count, rather than making dbname a special case. > > Or do we already do this and I'm not parsing my log right? > > -- > Josh Berkus > Aglio Database Solutions > San Francisco > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html