From: Bruce Momjian Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:59:58 +0000 (-0400) Subject: doc: cross-link file-fdw and CSV config log sections X-Git-Tag: REL9_5_24~69 X-Git-Url: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0b503ecc8c549fde3096a3b3890e75033f14d28e;p=postgresql.git doc: cross-link file-fdw and CSV config log sections There is an file-fdw example that reads the server config file, so cross link them. Reported-by: Oleg Samoilov Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/159800192078.2886.10431506404995508950@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 9.5 --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index ad4f13277fc..09f08886c63 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -4899,6 +4899,8 @@ CREATE TABLE postgres_log COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv; + It is also possible to access the file as a foreign table, using + the supplied module. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml index 7dd56764296..219d42431d6 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml @@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ Create a Foreign Table for PostgreSQL CSV Logs - One of the obvious uses for the file_fdw is to make + One of the obvious uses for file_fdw is to make the PostgreSQL activity log available as a table for querying. To - do this, first you must be logging to a CSV file, which here we + do this, first you must be logging to a CSV file, + which here we will call pglog.csv. First, install file_fdw as an extension: