Can't get log4net to output anything when using NHibernate - nhibernate

Question

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.

Answer 1

Try using a different appender.
ConsoleAppenders probably don't work for web applications. Use something like a FileAppender.
See this for examples on configuraiton.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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>