Re: question about sql comments in postgresql server logs

Alan Stange <stange@rentec.com> writes:
> In order to track down some bugs, we thought it would be useful to
> append some comments to the sql being sent to postgresql like this:
>     select foo from bar   -- a comment with some metadata
> however, the postgresql server was not including the appended comment in
> the log file.
> If we instead sent
>     select foo from /* a comment with some metadata */ bar
> then the comment was included in the server log file as we had hoped.

If memory serves, this is a psql behavior not the server's.
I counsel using /* ... */ comments for the purpose.

            regards, tom lane