From 60b198a768247cfe2484ec18039a1ffba204c51e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 02:40:29 +0000 Subject: Update FAQ_DEV: elog => ereport. --- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html') diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html index 9304e794de5..64037ff5cda 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL

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Last updated: Mon Jun 2 00:34:39 EDT 2003

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Last updated: Wed Oct 29 21:40:18 EST 2003

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ should I do?
2.5) Why do we use palloc() and pfree() to allocate memory?
- 2.6) What is elog()?
+ 2.6) What is ereport()?
2.7) What is CommandCounterIncrement()?

@@ -833,11 +833,11 @@ memory can be allocated in. These affect when the allocated memory is freed by the backend.

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2.6) What is elog()?

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2.6) What is ereport()?

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elog() is used to send messages to the front-end, and +

ereport() is used to send messages to the front-end, and optionally terminate the current query being processed. The first - parameter is an elog level of DEBUG (levels 1-5), LOG, + parameter is an ereport level of DEBUG (levels 1-5), LOG, INFO, NOTICE, ERROR, FATAL, or PANIC. NOTICE prints on the user's terminal and the postmaster logs. INFO prints only to the user's terminal and @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ from postgresql.conf.) ERROR prints in both places, and terminates the current query, never returning from the call. FATAL terminates the backend process. The remaining - parameters of elog are a printf-style set of + parameters of ereport are a printf-style set of parameters to print.

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elog(ERROR) frees most memory and open file descriptors so +

ereport(ERROR) frees most memory and open file descriptors so you don't need to clean these up before the call.

2.7) What is CommandCounterIncrement()?

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