logging

How to more effectively debug PHP code in the vein JavaScript with Firebug or XCode?

Hi everyone, I'm kind of a newbie with PHP so please bear with me. I would like to know if there was an effective way of debugging PHP code so that I don't have to have debugging messages display on the browser. For example, I find var_dump and print_r functions to be excellent for debugging variables, function calls and arrays respect...

Where should I keep my log files?

We keep most of our logs in a dedicated database table. We have written custom appenders for log4j and log4net, have a fixed log schema with lots of handy columns, and are quite happy with it. Is that the "best practice" (for sites smaller in scale than Facebook, where a simple DB table just won't scale)? ...

Assigning console.log to another object (Webkit issue)

I wanted to keep my logging statements as short as possible while preventing console from being accessed when it doesn't exist; I came up with the following solution: var _ = {}; if (console) { _.log = console.debug; } else { _.log = function() { } } To me, this seems quite elegant, and it works great in Firefox 3.6 (including...

Performance Tricks for C# Logging

I am looking into C# logging and I do not want my log messages to spend any time processing if the message is below the logging threshold. The best I can see log4net does is a threshold check AFTER evaluating the log parameters. Example: _logger.Debug( "My complicated log message " + thisFunctionTakesALongTime() + " will take a long t...

What am I missing with log4net - No log file created

I am trying to use log4net in a VB.NET app for some unknown reason it's not creating the log file. Here is my app.config <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <configSections> <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" /> </configSections> <log4net> ...

How to create a log file in the folder which will be created at run time

Hello Everyone, I new to apache logger.I am using apache log4j for my application. I am using the following configuration file configure the root logger log4j.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, DAILY configure the console appender log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.STDOUT.Target=System.out log4j.appender.STD...

Setting log level of message at runtime in slf4j

When using log4j, the Logger.log(Priority p, Object message) method is available and can be used to log a message at a log level determined at runtime. We're using this fact and this tip to redirect stderr to a logger at a specific log level. slf4j doesn't have a generic log() method that I can find. Does that mean there's no way to imp...

Emacs Lisp: How to use ad-get-arg and ad-get-args?

I'm not sure I am using ad-get-args and ad-get-arg right. For example, the following code doesn't work. (defun my-add (a b) (+ a b)) (defadvice my-add (after my-log-on activate) (message "my-add: %s" (ad-get-args))) (my-add 1 2) The last expression causes an error: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function ad-get-args). Th...

LogParser for Java

I just read this post and i wonder if there is something like this for querying jboss log file. ...

Advice on e-commerce logging strategy

I recently inherited an e-commerce app (Java/Struts) that I'm porting to Rails. The thing is, we frequently have to do forensics on orders by poring through the log files, and with the old app's logs (log4j wall of text) it's pretty hard to make sense of the individual orders when several people are placing orders simultaneously. So I...

Logging strategy vs. performance

Hi, I'm developing a web application that has to support lots of simultaneous requests, and I'd like to keep it fast enough. I have now to implement a logging strategy, I'm gonna use log4net, but ... what and how should I log? I mean: How logging impacts in performance? is it possible/recomendable logging using async calls? Is better ...

viewing the updated data in a file

If i have file for eg: a log file created by any background process on unix, how do i view the data that getting updated each and every time. i know that i can use tail command to see the file.but let's say i have used tail -10 file.txt it will give the last 10 lines.but if lets say at one time 10 lines got added and at the next instan...

How to log communication of a WebService running on IIS 6.0?

I'm running an ASP.NET WebService on IIS 6.0 that shows a lot of HTTP 500 (probably just exceptions from the WebService) inside the log at %systemroot%\System32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 on a customers site. Is it possible to log the content of those HTTP responses and there requests without modifying the WebService using IIS or a plug-in for I...

difference in logging mechanism: API and application(python)

I am currently writing an API and an application which uses the API. I have gotten suggestions from people stating that I should perform logging using handlers in the application and use a "logger" object for logging from the API. In light of the advice I received above, is the following implementation correct? class test: def __i...

Custom Logging in Tomcat (design pattern)

I have java webapp (written in spring mvc) and running on tomcat. I want to log user's behavior into a separate log file (separate from what we're logging right now to catalina.out). We're currently using Apache commons logging to obtain Log instances in our classes: protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass()); I prefe...

Use the same log4net assembly in .NET and Mono

Hi, I've downloaded log4net, but I've realised that there are different assemblies for .NET and Mono. Is possible to use the same assembly for .NET and Mono? I wouldn't like to have to recompile the application or change the file manually, is there a way to add one or add the two and put a condition somewhere? Cheers. ...

dynamic log4net appender name?

Let's say i have 3 smtp appenders in same log4net file whose names are: <appender name = "emailDevelopment".. /> <appender name = "emailBeta".. /> <appender name = "emailProduction".. /> Let's say i have 3 different servers(Dev, Beta, Production). Depending upon the server, i want to fire the log. In case of Development server, it wou...

Use analytics tool to tie browser behavior to back end transactions

Can I use an analytics tool like Google Analytics to tie user behavior to back end (Java) transactions? I know I can use the analytics API to store custom data, like an account number or something that I can tie to the log/database created from the Java classes, but is this the best way? What I want to do is see how many users access e...

Modify loggingConfiguration Programmatic (enterprise library)

Hi all, I have app.config in m win application, and loggingConfiguration section (enterprise library 4.1). I need do this programatically, Get a list of all listener in loggingConfiguration Modify property fileName=".\Trazas\Excepciones.log" of several RollingFlatFileTraceListener's Modify several properties of AuthenticatingEmai...

Is there a better way than #if DebugMode for logging

I'm making a c++ library thats going to be P/Invoked from c#, so i am unable to breakpoint/debug the c++ side of things. So i decided to add logging so i can see if anything goes wrong and where it happens. I add a #define DebugMode 1 in order to determine if i am to log or not. First of all i'm not very good at c++ but i know enough to ...