Re: [HACKERS] BUG #3799: csvlog skips some logs

Tom Lane wrote:
> "depesz" <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com> writes:
> > Description: csvlog skips some logs
>
> The point here is that CSV-format log output doesn't include the
> DETAIL, HINT, or context (QUERY/STATEMENT/CONTEXT) lines that
> you might get with normal output.
>
> I suppose this was intentional in order to keep the CSV output
> format manageable, but I have to wonder whether it's really a
> good idea. I can see the argument that you probably don't need
> to log HINTs, but the other stuff might be important. Particularly
> the STATEMENT.

Hmm. I think it could be a problem in cases where an error message with
identical wording is disambiguated by context. In my VH opinion we
shouldn't be losing log info just because we're using a different
format.

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