Re: Error in transaction... Log file

On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 06:04:32PM -0800, Kumar S wrote:

>  Some how my transactions get aborted every time. I am
> unable to trace the problem due to large number of
> lines.

What do you mean by "a large number of lines"?  Are you referring
to output from psql or some other application?  If you save that
output to a file then you can search through it for the error that
caused a transaction to fail.  If you're using psql then you can
increase the output verbosity with command-line options or by setting
variables -- see the psql documentation for details.

> How can I know the error that lead to abortion of
> transaction.  Where Can I find the log file. I am not
> a sys-admin or dbadmin.

What client application are you using?  You'll have to check its
documentation to see what it logs and where it stores those logs.

For server-side logging, see "Error Reporting and Logging" in the
"Run-time Configuration" section of the "Server Run-time Environment"
chapter in the documentation; see also your PostgreSQL startup
script.  Server output might be going to syslog, it might be
redirected to a file, or both.  You'll have to examine your own
configuration to find out where.

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Michael Fuhr
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