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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'>How can I use a function in double quote? I want to record the IP address of the syslog-ng server.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'>Since there's no available macro that represent the IP of syslog-ng server(only have macros indicate where the message sent to syslog-ng server,like $HOST). So I want to use ip() function and record it to database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'>The configuration part is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> columns( "datetime varchar2(24)",<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> </span><span style='color:red'>"server_ip varchar2(24)",<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> "host varchar2(32)",<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> ...)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> values( "${R_YEAR}-${R_MONTH}-${R_DAY} ${R_HOUR}:${R_MIN}:${R_SEC}",<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> </span><span style='color:red'>"ip()",<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> "$HOST",<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'> ...)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#00B050'><br></span><span style='color:#254061'>When I started syslog-ng,it gave error message that said expecting double quotes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#254061'>How can I use a function in double quotes? Or are there any other ways to get the syslog-ng server IP address and record them?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#254061'>Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>