Re: warning message in standby

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> If a message is being issued in a non-user-connected session, there
>> is basically not a lot of point in WARNING or below. �It should either
>> be LOG, or ERROR/FATAL/PANIC (which are probably all about the same
>> thing in the startup process...)

> I think Simon's point here is the same as mine - LOG isn't too high -
> it's too low.

If he wants to throw ERROR, that's fine with me.  If your point is that
you think WARNING is more severe than LOG, the answer is that you need
to readjust your thinking.  It's not.  See the sort order for
log_min_messages values.
        regards, tom lane