readeventlog

How to read the Windows Event Log without an EventMessageFile?

I have code that reads the Windows Event Log. It uses OpenEventLog, ReadEventLog and gets the event source and event ID. Then it looks up the source under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application key, loads the appropriate DLL(s) according to what is listed in EventMessageFile and finally uses F...

Logging Search Results in a Rails Application

We're interested in logging and computing the number of times an item comes up in search or on a list page. With 50k unique visitors a day, we're expecting we could produce 3-4 million 'impressions' per day, which isn't a terribly high amount, but one we'd like to architect well. We don't need to read this data in real time, but woul...