Re: Supporting CSV format log files

Yup, i intend to look at your patch on Monday.

On 6/6/09, Chuck McDevitt <cmcdevitt(at)greenplum(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> -----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.
>
>

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