On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 06:23:07PM +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> On 05.05.2013 18:51, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >
> >On 05/05/2013 01:35 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> >>>OK, so we can either use 4 hex digits minimum and have a fixed with on
> >>>most platforms, extend it to 8 hex digits, or revert the entire
> >>>fixed-width idea.
> >>I think we should lose the idea that it's fixed-width. 16-bit PIDs are
> >>a limitation whose days are obviously numbered.
> >
> >
> >I'm late to this party - I must have been asleep at the wheel back in
> >October, but I guess I have an interest as the original author of
> >log_line_prefix ;-)
> >
> >I can't off the top of my head see any good reason for zero padding, so
> >I'm with Tom.
>
> Agreed. What might be useful, is a general padding feature in
> log_line_prefix, like in sprintf:
>
> log_line_prefix = '%.5p '
Yes, I can see that as useful, especially for things like username and
database name. TODO item?
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