Re: Admin functions contrib

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
>>Do people want the server file logging/rotating patch applied if it
>>is Unix-only?  Right now the patch is ifdef'ed so Win32 use of it is
>>disabled.
>
>
> How is logging typically handled on Windows?

It is done using the eventlog service (which is supported as replacement
for syslog now) or in case of MSSQL as file logging.

MSSQL in more detail:
In eventlog only the most important MSSQL messages will appear
(start/stop, PANIC), while the rest is done in logfiles (retrievable
over client tools, rotatable using sp_cycle_errorlog) and may grow much
larger than eventlog (which will receive messages from all apps/services).

This handling is so throughout M$ apps, like webserver etc: fatals to
eventlog, the rest to files.

Regards,
Andreas