Re: Capturing pgsql ERRORS/NOTICES to file

Hi Josh,

Thanks for the reply.

What I am trying to achieve is to have errors go to a file, rather than show
up on the screen.

Is this possible?

George

----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: "George Weaver" <georgew1(at)mts(dot)net>; <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] Capturing pgsql ERRORS/NOTICES to file

> George,
>
> > I am in the process of creating a batch file that will update some
> > functions in a database for a remote user similar to:
> >
> > psql -o output dbname < functionupdate.sql
> >
> > Is there any way to save any ERROR and NOTICE messages to a file?
> >
> > The -o option doesn't capture this information.
>
> You have to use command shell redirects.
>
> For example, I commonly do in bash
> psql -o output dbname < functionupdate.sql >out.dump
> ... which sends all the command responses to a file, allowing me to read
only
> the errors on the screen.
>
> See a guide to your shell for more creative redirection.
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
>
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