How to print application_name in log_line_prefix (using %a)?

[Tianyin Xu <tixu@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi, guys,

Could anyone tell me how to specify the application_name as the log_line_prefix?

According to the manual at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-APPLICATION-NAME:

"
application_name (string)

The application_name can be any string of less than NAMEDATALEN characters (64 characters in a standard build). It is typically set by an application upon connection to the server. The name will be displayed in the pg_stat_activity view and included in CSV log entries. It can also be included in regular log entries via the log_line_prefix parameter. Only printable ASCII characters may be used in the application_name value...

"

and also, the manual entry for log_line_prefix (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-LINE-PREFIX)

"
log_line_prefix (string)
This is a printf-style string that is output at the beginning of each log line. % characters begin "escape sequences" that are replaced with status information as outlined below...

%a      Application name
"

However, I have the following configuration settings in postgresql.conf

application_name = 'mypostgres'
log_line_prefix = '[%a] '


But, my log line is prefixed as "[] " like

[] LOG:  00000: database system was shut down at 2012-10-28 22:15:08 PDT
[] LOCATION:  StartupXLOG, xlog.c:6112
[] LOG:  00000: autovacuum launcher started
[] LOCATION:  AutoVacLauncherMain, autovacuum.c:407
[] LOG:  00000: database system is ready to accept connections
[] LOCATION:  reaper, postmaster.c:2408


Did I miss something?

Thanks a lot!
Tianyin


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