I'm trying to get NLog to write to a database, however with my current code it throws an exception when I attempt to debug, the exception is: The type initializer for 'NotifyIcon.Program' threw an exception.
my NLog configuration file code is below, as this seems to be causing the issue as it's the only code I've changed.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" autoReload="true">
<!--
See http://nlog-project.org/wiki/Configuration_file
for information on customizing logging rules and outputs.
-->
<targets>
<!-- add your targets here -->
<target name="database" xsi:type="Database" />
<target xsi:type="Database"
name="String"
dbUserName="Layout"
dbProvider="sqlserver"
useTransactions="false"
connectionStringName="String"
connectionString="Data Source=AC-02\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=True"
keepConnection="true"
dbDatabase="Layout"
dbPassword="Layout"
dbHost="Layout"
installConnectionString="Layout"
commandText="INSERT INTO Logs (Machine_Name, Username, Logon_Time, Screensaver_On, Screensaver_Off, Logoff_Time, Program_Start) Values @MachineName, @Username, @LogonTime, @Screensaver_On, @Screensaver_Off, @LogoffTime, @ProgramStart "/>
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="database" />
</rules>
</nlog>
any and all help would be greatly appreciated =]
You seem to be missing the parameters that are to be inserted.
See the examples at http://justinpdavis.blogspot.com/2010/04/logging-to-database-with-nlog.html
The nLog web page doesn't make it very clear that these are required, but if you squint your eyes and read https://github.com/nlog/NLog/wiki/Database-target you should find that they are required.