Re: Can we automatically add elapsed times to tap test log?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2022-04-07T21:45:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2022-04-07 17:21:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I too think that the elapsed time is useful.  I'm less convinced
>> that the time-of-day marker is useful.

> I think it'd be quite useful if it had more precision - it's a pita to
> correlate regress_log_* output with server logs.

Fair point.  Maybe we could keep the timestamp (with ms precision
if possible) and then the parenthetical bit is time-since-last-line
(also with ms precision)?  I think that would more or less satisfy
both uses.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Add timestamp and elapsed time decorations to TAP test logs