[Python] How do I can format exception stacktraces in Python logging?

The logs I am creating in Python are intended to be temporarily stored as files which will, in turn, be processed into a log database. They take a pipe-delineated format to dictate how the logs will be processed, but logging.exception() is breaking my standard by adding one too many fields and way too many newlines.

import logging
logging.basicConfig(filename='output.txt',
format='%(asctime)s|%(levelname)s|%(message)s|',
datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p',
level=logging.DEBUG)
logging.info('Sample message')

try:
x = 1 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError as e:
logging.exception('ZeroDivisionError: {0}'.format(e))

# output.txt
01/27/2015 02:09:01 PM|INFO|Sample message|
01/27/2015 02:09:01 PM|ERROR|ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero|
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\matr06586\Desktop\ETLstage\Python\blahblah.py", line 90, in <module>
x = 1 / 0
ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero


How can I handle or format tracebacks with the whitespace and newlines? These messages are part and parcel in logging.exception(), but it feels odd to circumvent the function when I am attempting to document instances of exceptions. How do I record my tracebacks and format them too? Should the tracebacks be ignored?

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