Gunther <raj@gusw.net> writes:
> and checked my log file and there was nothing before the call
> MemoryContextStats(TopPortalContext) so I don't understand where this
> printf stuff is ending up.
It's going to stdout, which is likely block-buffered whereas stderr
is line-buffered, so data from the latter will show up in your log
file much sooner. You might consider adding something to startup
to switch stdout to line buffering.
regards, tom lane