On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 09:32 +0000, Arvind Singh wrote: > Help needed in parsing PostgreSQL CSV Log > Hello friends, > I am working an a section of application which needs to Parse CSV Logs generated by PostgreSql server. > - The Logs are stored C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\data\pg_log > - The Server version in 9.0.4 > - The application is developed in C Sharp > * The basic utility after Parse the Log is to show contents in a DataGridView. > * There are other filter options like to view log contents for a particular range of Time for a Day. > > **However the main problem that is, the Log format is not readable** > > > A Sample Log data line > > 2012-03-21 11:59:20.640 IST,"postgres","stock_apals",3276,"localhost:1639",4f697540.ccc,10,"idle",2012-03-21 11:59:20 IST,2/163,0,LOG,00000,"statement: SELECT version()",,,,,,,,"exec_simple_query, .\src\backend\tcop\postgres.c:900","" > > As you can see the columns in the Log are comma separated , But however individual values are not Quote Enclosed. > > For instance the 1st,4rth,6th .. columns > > Thats fairly standard. A good CSV parser only requires a field to be quoted if it contains commas or quotes. In the latter case the internal quotes should be doubled, i.e the three fields in the following: unquoted field,"contains commas, etc.","Fred said ""Cool!""." should be handled correctly by a decent CSV parser. Martin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
