Re: [PROPOSAL] Client Log Output Filtering

Hi Tom,

On 3/29/16 12:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Oh, I agree that there's a compelling use-case for LOG |
> ERR_HIDE_FROM_CLIENT.  I'm less certain that there's a use-case
> for supporting such a flag across all elevels that is strong enough
> to justify all the work we'd have to do to make it happen.  Basically,
> my point is that LOG_ONLY achieves 95% of the benefit for probably
> 0.01% of the work.

Attached is a patch that re-purposes COMMERROR as LOG_SERVER_ONLY.  I
went ahead and replaced all instances of COMMERROR with LOG_SERVER_ONLY.

I left the COMMERROR #define but it is no longer used by any server,
client, or included contrib code (I also noted that it was DEPRECATED in
the comment).  I'll leave it up to the committer to remove if deemed
appropriate.

I realize there's no agreement on how this should work ideally, but this
patch answers the current need without introducing anything new and
shouldn't cause regressions.  It does address confusion that would arise
from using COMMERROR in ereports that clearly are not.

Thanks,
--
-David
david@pgmasters.net