Error when trying to use <skipCapturingStackTraces> with NHProfAppender in NHibernate Profiler - nhibernate

Trying to follow https://www.hibernatingrhinos.com/products/nhprof/learn#Usage
I have the following log4net.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<log4net>
<appender name="NHProfAppender"
type="HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernate.NHProfAppender,
HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernateLog4Net">
<sink value="tcp://127.0.0.1:22897" />
</appender>
<logger name="HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernate.NHProfAppender.Setup">
<appender-ref ref="NHProfAppender"/>
<skipCapturingStackTraces value="true"/>
</logger>
</log4net>
I get the following Error:
log4net:ERROR XmlHierarchyConfigurator: Cannot find Property [skipCapturingStackTraces] to set object on [log4net.Repository.Hierarchy.DefaultLoggerFactory+LoggerImpl]
Can Someone explain why this error is received and how to fix it ?

SkipCapturingStackTraces is a property of the NHProfAppender, similar as the Sink property, so you have to configure it on the <appender> element.
<appender name="NHProfAppender"
type="HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernate.NHProfAppender,
HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.NHibernateLog4Net">
<sink value="tcp://127.0.0.1:22897" />
<skipCapturingStackTraces value="true" />
</appender>

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log4net set log file at a relative path

In my vb.net project, I use log4net and use an absolute path for the log file. But in the end I need to write log file at C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Log folder (the username is a variable). Can't find a way how to set this in the log4net file.
My log4net file currently like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<log4net>
<appender name="ExampleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Log\App.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<datePattern value="_yyyyMMdd" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level -
[%logger] %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="App">
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="ExampleAppender" />
</logger>
</log4net>
</configuration>
Is there a way to perform this? thanks.
You can use environment variables like this:
<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="${LOCALAPPDATA}\Temp\Log\App.log" />
This creates a log file (for me) at C:\Users\stuartd\AppData\Local\Temp\Log\App.log

Trouble enabling log4net in Fluent NHibernate

I need help in configuring log4net and Fluent NHibernate. It seems log4net is starting, but I'm not getting any information from NHibernate/Fluent NHibernate. I want this information to debug faulty mapping.
Configuration in App.config
<appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender" >
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<param name="Header" value="[Header]\r\n" />
<param name="Footer" value="[Footer]\r\n" />
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
</root>
<logger name="NHibernate"
additivity="false">
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender"/>
</logger>
Here's how I launch log4net and configuration.
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
FluentConfiguration cfg = Fluently.Configure()
.Database(SQLiteConfiguration.Standard.ShowSql().InMemory())
.Diagnostics(x => x.Enable());
DbCtx.Source = new SessionSource(cfg.BuildConfiguration()
.Properties, new PSModel());
The exception I'm getting is in the last line on cfg.BuildConfiguration(). I don't get any entries in log on how mapping went, though.
Thank you in advance for your help.
If you are wanting to see the messages in the output window in visual studio you should use the following instead:
<appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.TraceAppender" >
Also to see the log messages you may want to throw everything NHibernate spits out into your LogFileAppender as well:
<logger name="NHibernate"
additivity="false">
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender"/>
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender"/>
</logger>
The problem laid in the fact that exception occured in Fluent NHibernate therefore logging for NHibernate wasn't able to kick in.

Can't get log4net to output anything when using NHibernate

I have this in my web.config file (edited to reflect some changes):
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" />
</configSections>
<log4net debug="true">
<appender name="DebugAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AspNetTraceAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout, log4net">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %p %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="DataLog" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="c:\temp\nhlog.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<maximumFileSize value="100MB" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%d{HH:mm:ss.fff} [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<priority value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="DebugAppender" />
</root>
<logger name="NHibernate" additivity="false">
<level value="INFO"/>
<appender-ref ref="DebugAppender"/>
</logger>
</log4net>
I'm calling log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure() from Application_Start().
I have [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch = true)] in the AssemblyInfo.cs file in my web project.
Why do I get no NHibernate debugging messages in my output window? (I trying to get ALL of the messages that NHibernate spits out.) If I use the RollingFileAppender it works fine. I've tried the DebugAppender, TraceAppender, OutputDebugStringAppender, and AspNetTraceAppender and none of them output stuff to the output window.
Try using a different appender.
ConsoleAppenders probably don't work for web applications. Use something like a FileAppender.
See this for examples on configuraiton.
Similar to quip's answer, ConsoleAppender is not the right appender to use in a web application. An OutputDebugStringAppender will give you messages in your debug window. You may also want to look into AspNetTraceAppender.
You could try to associate the specific NHibernate logger with a log4net appender.
If you want to log all the generated sql, try adding this to your log4net config section:
<logger name="NHibernate.SQL" additivity="false">
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
</logger>
If, for some reason, you only wanted to log Select statements and diagnostic info, you could use NHibernate.Loader.Loader, like this:
<logger name="NHibernate.Loader.Loader" additivity="false">
<level value="INFO" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
</logger>

Can't get NHibernate and Log4Net to generate logging.

I can't get any logging of NHibernate or my application. I tried EVERYTHING that I could think about, but nothing works!
Here is my code:
using System.Reflection;
using NHibernate.Cfg;
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "Log4Net.config", Watch = true)]
namespace NHibernate_Log4Net
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var cfg = new Configuration()
.Configure()
.AddAssembly(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly());
}
}
}
namespace NHibernate_Log4Net.Model
{
public class Item
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int Title { get; set; }
public int Alias { get; set; }
}
}
Item.hbm.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<hibernate-mapping xmlns="urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2" namespace="NHibernate_Log4Net.Model.Item" assembly="NHibernate_Log4Net" auto-import="false">
<class name="User" table="Users">
<id name="Id">
<generator class="Native"/>
</id>
<property name="Title" length="255" not-null="true" />
<property name="Alias" length="255" not-null="true" />
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>
Log4Net.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<log4net debug="false">
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="log4netLogger.log" />
<appendToFile value="false" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="1000KB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="OutputDebugStringAppender" type="log4net.Appender.OutputDebugStringAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%-5p %m - %c -%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="TraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.TraceAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date - %message%newline"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="OutputDebugStringAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="TraceAppender" />
</root>
<logger name="NHibernate" additivity="false">
<level value="FATAL"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="OutputDebugStringAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="TraceAppender" />
</logger>
<logger name="NHibernate.SQL" additivity="false">
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</logger>
<!--
NHibernate.Loader.Loader logs diagnostic stuff and SELECTs.
You can use either logger, or both, depending on you needs.
-->
<logger name="NHibernate.Loader.Loader" additivity="false">
<level value="INFO" />
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</logger>
</log4net>
NHibernate throws an error that the class Users doesn't exist. This is expected, but why do I not see any logging from this, from NHibernate?
(I can log it myself, but the point that I can't see any log from NHibernate).
The config file needs to match the executable, is your executable named Log4Net.exe?
I have had trouble using the XmlConfigurator attribute in the past. Perhaps you should just call XmlConfigurator explicitly in your main like so:
namespace NHibernate_Log4Net
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(new FileInfo("log4net.config"));
var cfg = new Configuration()
.Configure()
.AddAssembly(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly());
}
}
}
If the logging levels set for the NHibernate loggers are too high (or off), you may not see any log messages from NHibernate. For example, what is the value of
((log4net.Repository.Hierarchy.Logger)LogManager.GetLogger("NHibernate").Logger).Level?
You should have a section in your config file like this:
<log4net>
<appender name="NHLog" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="logs/nhibernate.log" />
<appendToFile value="false" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%d{HH:mm:ss.fff} [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="NHibernate" additivity="false">
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="NHLog"/>
</logger>
</log4net>
Update: If the log file is always created (when non-existent before a run) but is always empty, this points to an exception during appending. To minimise the possibility of an exception, have a very simple conversionPattern (perhaps just "%m%n") and see if any output is generated. If there is, add back elements of the conversion pattern until you find where the problem is. If no output is generated, log something to the NHibernate logger from your own code (this is perfectly OK) and step through it in the debugger.
ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger("NHibernate");
log.Info("Application starting");
If still no joy, you may have to post some of your code/configuration.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110514164829/http://blogs.hibernatingrhinos.com/nhibernate/archive/2008/07/01/how-to-configure-log4net-for-use-with-nhibernate.aspx
I used the above link to set up logging. Try the following
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "Log4Net.config", Watch = true)]
namespace NHibernate_Log4Net
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
var cfg = new Configuration()
.AddAssembly(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly());
.Configure()
}
}
}
The extra is this line
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
It didnt work for me till I added that. I know this is somewhat similar to what Jeffery suggested, but... just my 2cents.
Also, shouldnt the Configure() call on the Nhibernate configuration object come last? After the Assembly is added?

How do I configure log4net so that log.IsDebugEnabled is true?

I am trying to use log4net in an ASP.NET application with Visual Studio 2005. I have declared an instance of the logger like so:
Private Shared ReadOnly log As ILog = LogManager.GetLogger("")
I am trying to use it in the following manner:
If log.IsDebugEnabled Then
log.Debug("Integration Services Constructed")
End If
Here is my configuration:
<log4net>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</root>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="..\\logs\\logfile.log"/>
<appendToFile value="true"/>
<rollingStyle value="Size"/>
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10"/>
<maximumFileSize value="1MB"/>
<staticLogFileName value="true"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline"/>
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<param name="LevelMin" value="DEBUG" />
<param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL" />
</filter>
</appender>
</log4net>
Unfortunately, log.IsDebugEnabled is always false. How do I configure log4net so that I can log only debug messages?
Before calling LogManager.GetLogger("")
You have to call log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
In an ASP.NET app you probably want to put this call in Application_Start
Yes, do it like Anson said. Also, if you are calling Configure in a class library you can do that by adding an attribute to your class:
[assembly: XmlConfigurator(Watch = true)]
and if you're using log4net.config file, use it like that instead:
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config", Watch = true)]
If you are using a separate configuration file for log4net, do this: after following all the other setup instructions, make sure that u right click on the file in the visual studio solution explorer, select properties, expand the "Advanced" option group, set the "Copy To Output Directory" value as "Copy always". That will do the magic... :) cheers!!
If you are setting log4net up in code rather than in a config file, you can call log4net.Config.BasicConfigurator.Configure before GetLogger.
Use this in any method before you use log :
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
In App.Config ,the settings should be :
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="AppenderName" />
</root>
VB.NET -
<Assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch:=True)>