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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2002-07-05 01:17:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2002-07-05 01:17:20 +0000 |
| commit | 37e37daa035788bc6aac238db66ba8a8993bdbba (patch) | |
| tree | 163c704a5f8ca381e4f3eb8978092ec8b15840a0 /doc/src | |
| parent | 0a4e3577f416d1df765898903aea7878860a5c2c (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-37e37daa035788bc6aac238db66ba8a8993bdbba.tar.gz postgresql-37e37daa035788bc6aac238db66ba8a8993bdbba.zip | |
Add explanation of the various *_min_messages elog() values.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 86 |
1 files changed, 81 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 1a26e9d7942..07e0575b368 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.119 2002/06/16 00:09:11 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.120 2002/07/05 01:17:20 momjian Exp $ --> <Chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -801,6 +801,81 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql detail to the logs. <literal>LOG</> has a different precedence here than in <literal>CLIENT_MIN_MESSAGES</>. </para> + <para> + Here is a summary of the various message types: + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>DEBUG[1-5]</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This provides information for use by developers. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>INFO</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This provides information requested by the user, e.g. + <command>SET</>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>NOTICE</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This provides information that may be helpful to users, e.g. + truncation of long identifiers, sequence creation as part of + <command>SERIAL</>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>WARNING</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This provides warnings to the user, e.g. <command>COMMIT</> + outside a transaction. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>ERROR</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Reports the error that caused the transaction to abort. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>LOG</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This reports information of interest to administrators, e.g. + checkpoint activity. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>FATAL</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This reports why the backend session terminated. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>PANIC</varname></term> + <listitem> + <para> + This reports why all backends restarted. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -812,10 +887,11 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql default is <literal>NOTICE</>. Valid values are <literal>DEBUG5</>, <literal>DEBUG4</>, <literal>DEBUG3</>, <literal>DEBUG2</>, <literal>DEBUG1</>, <literal>LOG</>, - <literal>NOTICE</>, <literal>WARNING</>, and <literal>ERROR</>. - Later values send less information to the user. <literal>LOG</> - has a different precedence here than in - <literal>SERVER_MIN_MESSAGES</>. + <literal>NOTICE</>, <literal>WARNING</>, and <literal>ERROR</>. + Later values send less information to the user. <literal>LOG</> + has a different precedence here than in + <literal>SERVER_MIN_MESSAGES</>. Also see that section for an + explanation of the various values. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |