Re: Patch to implement pg_current_logfile() function

On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:06:22 +0100
Gilles Darold <gilles(dot)darold(at)dalibo(dot)com> wrote:

> Le 17/01/2017 à 03:22, Michael Paquier a écrit :
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 2:21 AM, Karl O. Pinc <kop(at)meme(dot)com>
> > wrote:
> >> On January 15, 2017 11:47:51 PM CST, Michael Paquier
> >> <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> >>> Also, I would rather see an ERROR returned to the user in case of
> >>> bad data in current_logfiles, I did not change that either as
> >>> that's the original intention of Gilles.

> I'm not against adding a warning or error message here even if it may
> never occurs, but we need a new error code as it seems to me that no
> actual error code can be used.

Seems to me the XX001 "data_corrupted" sub-category of
XX000 "internal_error" is appropriate.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/errcodes-appendix.html

As a dbadmin/sysadm I'd defiantly like to see something in the log if
you're going to raise anything user-side.

Regards,

Karl <kop(at)meme(dot)com>
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