I use the log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender appender.
My log4net table are the following fields [Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception]
I would need to add another field to the log4net table (e.g SalesId), but how would I specify in my xml and in code to log the "SalesId" when logging a Error or Info message?
e.g. log.Info("SomeMessage", SalesId)
Here's the log4net xml
<appender name="SalesDBAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender">
<bufferSize value="1" />
<connectionType value ="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection" />
<connectionString value="Data Source=..." />
<commandText value="INSERT INTO Log4Net ([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread, @log_level, @logger, @message, @exception)" />
<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>
1) Modify the command text: INSERT INTO Log4Net ([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception],[MyColumn]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread, @log_level, @logger, @message, @exception, @CustomColumn)
2) Add the parameter definition for the custom column:
<parameter>
<parameterName value="@CustomColumn"/>
<dbType value="String" />
<size value="255" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%property{CustomColumn}" />
</layout>
</parameter>
3) Then use one of log4net’s contexts to transfer values to the parameter:
// thread properties...
log4net.LogicalThreadContext.Properties["CustomColumn"] = "Custom value";
log.Info("Message");
// ...or global properties
log4net.GlobalContext.Properties["CustomColumn"] = "Custom value";