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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html index 3af3b7d200c..9e557284b31 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <H1>Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Sat Feb 23 15:09:27 EST 2002</P> + <P>Last updated: Mon Feb 25 15:29:28 EST 2002</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> @@ -777,14 +777,19 @@ <P><I>elog()</I> 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 <I>NOTICE,</I> <I>DEBUG,</I> - <I>ERROR,</I> or <I>FATAL.</I> <I>NOTICE</I> prints on the user's - terminal and the postmaster logs. <I>DEBUG</I> prints only in the - postmaster logs. <I>ERROR</I> prints in both places, and terminates - the current query, never returning from the call. <I>FATAL</I> - terminates the backend process. The remaining parameters of - <I>elog</I> are a <I>printf</I>-style set of parameters to - print.</P> + parameter is an elog level of <I>DEBUG</I> (levels 1-5), <I>LOG,</I> + <I>INFO,</I> <I>NOTICE,</I> <I>ERROR,</I> <I>FATAL,</I> or + <I>PANIC.</I> <I>NOTICE</I> prints on the user's terminal and the + postmaster logs. <I>INFO</I> prints only to the user's terminal and + <I>LOG</I> prints only to the server logs. (These can be changed + from <I>postgresql.conf.</I>) <I>ERROR</I> prints in both places, + and terminates the current query, never returning from the call. + <I>FATAL</I> terminates the backend process. The remaining + parameters of <I>elog</I> are a <I>printf</I>-style set of + parameters to print.</P> + + <P><I>elog(ERROR)</I> frees most memory and open file descriptors so + you don't need to clean these up before the call.</P> <H3><A name="2.7">2.7</A>) What is CommandCounterIncrement()?</H3> |