Re: Supporting CSV format log files

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org]
> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:29 PM
> To: Chuck McDevitt
> Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Supporting CSV format log files
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Chuck McDevitt<cmcdevitt(at)greenplum(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > To extend this to support PostgreSQL 8.4 CSV format log files, I
> think we need to do a couple of things:
> >
> > First, the pg_logdir_ls function from the admin pack would need to be
> updated to look for .log or .csv files, not just .log.
>
> The deadline for submitting changes like that in PostgreSQL 8.4 was
> November!
>
> > Then we would need to recognize that we are reading a file with
> extension .csv, and handle it the way I do in the patch for GPDB
> (rather than being based on GetIsGreenplum()).
> >
> > Finally, we'd just need to figure out what each field being logged by
> PostgreSQL 8.4 is, and update the code so that it understands that as
> well as the GPDB fields.
>
> That'll have to wait for the next cycle.
>
> FYI, PostgreSQL and pgAdmin will go to RC1 on Thursday. The intention
> is to build the GA release on 25/26 June, for release on the 29th.

Yes, supporting PG CSV logs can certainly wait till next release cycle.

But I do need the patch I submitted to be committed, as otherwise the frmStatus display is broken for GPDB, and I'd certainly not want pgAdmin to come out in a form that is broken when using with GPDB.