Re: "unexpected EOF" messages

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>> Hey, maybe we could add a UUID to each ereport() call site ;-)

> I can't help but feel we're designing a $10.00 solution to a $0.25
> problem.  I think I'd actually support adding something like a UUID to
> every ereport and a filtering mechanism that works on that basis.  But
> let's face it: this particular message is exponentially more annoying
> than average.  We're basically forcing application developers to jump
> through hoops to avoid filling the log with unnecessary chatter.  I've
> spent a bunch of time trying to get rid of them in various past jobs,
> and I've never gotten any benefit out of having them.  Maybe the
> solution is to just demote that particular message to DEBUG1 and
> declare that closing the connection is a perfectly sensible way for an
> application to indicate that the conversation is over.

I could support that with one tweak: it's only DEBUG1 if you don't
have an open transaction.  Dropping the connection while in a
transaction *is* an application bug; I don't care how lazy the app
programmer is feeling.
        regards, tom lane