http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/config-examples.html
Given the log table here:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Log] (
[Id] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL,
[Date] [datetime] NOT NULL,
[Thread] [varchar] (255) NOT NULL,
[Level] [varchar] (50) NOT NULL,
[Logger] [varchar] (255) NOT NULL,
[Message] [varchar] (4000) NOT NULL,
[Exception] [varchar] (2000) NULL,
[Product] [varchar] 100 not null
)
and the appender config here:
<appender name="AdoNetAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender">
<bufferSize value="100" />
<connectionType value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, System.Data, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
<connectionString value="data source=[database server];initial catalog=[database name];integrated security=false;persist security info=True;User ID=[user];Password=[password]" />
<commandText value="INSERT INTO Log ([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception], [Product]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread, @log_level, @logger, @message, @exception, @product)" />
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@log_date" />
<dbType value="DateTime" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.RawTimeStampLayout" />
</parameter>
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@thread" />
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="255" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%thread" />
</layout>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@log_level" />
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="50" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%level" />
</layout>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@logger" />
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="255" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%logger" />
</layout>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@message" />
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="4000" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%message" />
</layout>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@exception" />
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="2000" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.ExceptionLayout" />
</parameter>
</appender>
How can I add a constant parameter for the "product" column- without any code changes? Config-only change if possible!
For example, I want to do something like this:
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@product" />
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="100" />
<constantValue value="Product A" /> <!-- how do i do this? -->
</parameter>
EDIT: The answer is simple. Edit the command text!
<commandText value="INSERT INTO Log ([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception], [Product]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread, @log_level, @logger, @message, @exception, 'Product A')" />
While you could simply add a 'SomeConstant' value to the insert statement, we use the following method with the AdoNetAppender. We add a @source column to our log table so we can have many servers all logging to the same table, yet give us some SYSLOG like functionality.
The PatternLayout readily accepts string constants, why complicate it!
Enjoy.