Andrew, > The real problem is the message, which is now > from the logging code's point of view basically an opaque string. > Changing that would be a massive undertaking, especially when you think > of the effect on the translators.
Hmmm ... I don't see this as a problem. Just stick the whole message into a single XML field. This is one area where XML is easier that SQL; since it's a document format, it has no problem with a great big blob of text. "Unstructured Data" and all that nonsense. Then whatever utility the user uses to *read* the XML can parse the message according to the user's desires. It'll still be an improvement over the current format for log digestion, since it will become easy to separate the message from the prefix and tag (which currently it's not). The only real issue I see is the possibility of XML codes embedded in the text, but that seems minor. -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
