Andrew,
> The real problem is the message, which is now
> from the logging code's point of view basically an opaque string.
> Changing that would be a massive undertaking, especially when you think
> of the effect on the translators.
Hmmm ... I don't see this as a problem. Just stick the whole message into
a single XML field. This is one area where XML is easier that SQL; since
it's a document format, it has no problem with a great big blob of text.
"Unstructured Data" and all that nonsense.
Then whatever utility the user uses to *read* the XML can parse the message
according to the user's desires. It'll still be an improvement over the
current format for log digestion, since it will become easy to separate
the message from the prefix and tag (which currently it's not).
The only real issue I see is the possibility of XML codes embedded in the
text, but that seems minor.
--
--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco