Ervin Weber <webervin@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> Actually, I do wonder why we log statements that fail to parse. Surely >> the client ought to know that it failed, but what is the value of >> additionally storing the query in the server log? > To debug clients who claim it is working on their end, but data does not change. We have heard many times from people who don't have enough insight, or enough debug support client-side, to know exactly what queries their apps are issuing. Disabling query logging would be a horrible setback for debuggability of such apps. How many times have you said "consult the postmaster log to find out what's going on"? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin