template syntax

The 'template' syntax for a 'file' destination has defeated me . 

destination d_db { file("/var/log/ng/db.inserts" template("$MSG\n")); };

every variation of the above line gives 'parsing error'

syslog-ng 1.4.17

many thanks
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