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generic timed event viewer/visualization

My application generates a bunch of events at different moments. Events have a timestamp, a duration, a type (error/warning/normal), a description, etc.

Is there any application which can take in data (probably from xml files) containing this type of event information, and displays in in a table, with search range by date, etc?

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Why don't you log directly to a database instead?

Paulo Scardine  2010-09-14 00:12:41
If I did, would there be a viewer tool which can help me?
Martin  2010-09-14 00:17:19
you can resort to any report engine you like. I can't suggest one without knowing what language and database are you using.
Paulo Scardine  2010-09-14 00:30:11
For Java there is the wonderful JasperReports.
Paulo Scardine  2010-09-14 00:31:06
if it is for ad-hoc queries, you can just link to your log database using ODBC and sort out data using MS Access or Excel.
Paulo Scardine  2010-09-14 00:33:06

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