DB Audit

misspaola@tiscali.it wrote:

I am using sybase ase as dbms and I would migrate to postgresql, but the absence of a built in DB
audit functionality is a show stopper for me.

So I would know if there is a way to get information about DB events like:

server boots

login & logout

table access.

attempt to access particular objects

particular user’s actions.

You can use the server log file to record all these events.

You won't be able to define logging for only certain tables,
but it is possible to discriminate based on database or
logged on user.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:53 AM, <misspaola@tiscali.it> wrote:

I am using sybase ase as dbms and I would migrate to postgresql, but
the absence of a built in DB audit functionality is a show stopper for me.

So I would know if there is a way to get information about DB events like:

server boots

login & logout

table access.
attempt to access particular objects

particular user’s actions.

In addition to what Laurenz has mentioned,by default auditing does not
exist, but there are ways to add your own, some of which include:

- https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/audit-trigger
- Create views over your tables which also select a db function to log
SELECT access.
Eg.
create or replace view user_details as
select col1, col2, col3, col4, null as audit from some_table
union all select null, null, null, null, audit_function(current_user) as
func;

There are probably other options, but I can't think of any off the top of
my head at the moment. This question has come up in these lists before and
on Stack Overflow, so you might want to search around a bit for other
options.