Re: Non-default postgresql.conf values to log

From: Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
To: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Non-default postgresql.conf values to log
Date: 2016-04-07 17:06:48
Message-ID: 570693A8.4040707@postgrespro.ru
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On 07.04.2016 17:59, Rob Sargent wrote:
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>> On Apr 7, 2016, at 8:26 AM, Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 07.04.2016 16:53, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> writes:
>>>> My question is: is there any option(s) to log non-default
>>>> postgresql.conf values to log file?
>>> No, but you can easily find all the non-default settings by querying
>>> the pg_settings view.
>>>
>>> regards, tom lane
>> Yeah, i know it but pg_settings is available only after pg is ready to accept client connections.
>> Also in some cases log file is placed on another server say, syslog. And if your pg server is not available you cant say anything about your pg_settings.
> At that point you're looking in a file: log file or config file. Does it matter which?
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>> Alex Ignatov
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It matter when your pg host is down and all you have is log file. It is
very usual situation. You need historical info.

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Alex Ignatov
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