| Accepted values: |
drop-message|drop-property|fallback-to-string| silently-drop-message|silently-drop-property|silently-fallback-to-string |
| Default: | Use the global setting (which defaults to drop-message) |
Description: Controls what happens when type-casting fails and syslog-ng OSE cannot convert some data to the specified type. By default, syslog-ng OSE drops the entire message and logs the error. Currently the value-pairs() option uses the settings of on-error().
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drop-message: Drop the entire message and log an error message to the internal() source. This is the default behavior of syslog-ng OSE.
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drop-property: Omit the affected property (macro, template, or message-field) from the log message and log an error message to the internal() source.
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fallback-to-string: Convert the property to string and log an error message to the internal() source.
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silently-drop-message: Drop the entire message silently, without logging the error.
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silently-drop-property: Omit the affected property (macro, template, or message-field) silently, without logging the error.
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silently-fallback-to-string: Convert the property to string silently, without logging the error.