As I see it you have two choices... hack postgresql directly to add in
emailing functionality to the elog mechanisms in postgresql or write
some type of script/daemon to parse the postgresql logs to look for
error messages. A fairly simple script set up to run continuously or via
cron could handle the second option, if you want something fancier you
could look at http://nagios.sourceforge.net. HTH.
Robert Treat
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 17:51, Garris, Nicole wrote:
> Yes, I looked at pgMail, thinking I could put a trigger on some system
> table(s). PgMail is a function which produces an e-mail. In other words, its
> invoked by a SQL select statement. SQL select typically works against a
> table. PostgreSQL's log is stored in a file, not in a table. I have no idea
> how to parse a log file using a SQL select statement. Also I can't see how
> to send the log to a table (instead of/in addition to a file).
>
> It might be easier to use some Mac OS X utility/ies.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaime Casanova [mailto:systemguards@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:26 PM
> To: Garris, Nicole
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Admin Tool to Send Me Email
>
> On 4/18/05, Garris, Nicole <Nicole.Garris@dof.ca.gov> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > (Previously posted to the PostgreSQL General list, with no responses yet.)
>
> >
> > We have been using PostgreSQL on Mac OS X for about a year now. Ongoing
> > monitoring has proven very easy because the DBMS engine is so reliable,
> and
> > mostly I use phpPgAdmin, an extremely useful tool. However, its worth my
> > while to make it even easier. I would like a tool that would send an email
> > whenever an error message is generated, such as messages from SQL class 53
> > (53100 disk full, 53200 out of memory, 53300 too many connections), class
> 57
> > operator intervention, class 58 system error, and a few others.
> >
> I don't know if it can be useful for you but there is a project called
> pgMail. You need he pl/tclu to run it.
>
> hope it can help you.
>
> regards,
> Jaime Casanova
>
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