Mike Vislocky wrote:
> Raw log files seem to contain very interesting information. But the lines
> seem very long for many of my viewers. Perhaps someone could suggest
> programs that format that information in a more readable form?
>
> One improvement might be tab or comma delimited format so that the fields
> could be put into columns. Or database fields.
>
> Maybe the columns could be sorted...
Raw logs are really not that interesting unless you have a lot of time
on your hands. Depending on your server, you might be able to change the
format of the logs to use tab-delimited or something, but I don't think
that will really get you anything interesting. Loading whole log files
into a database will bring your database to it's knees really fast.
The reason for employing analysis tools like Analog is to summarize the
data in those logs and produce useful results. Analog also provides the
ability to see more information than you can get from the raw log file
reports (Operating System Report, Search Engine Reports, etc.)
> If it is not possible to achieve the results described below, what is the
> closest approximation that can be reasonably achieved?
Several methods of approximation are used by other software programs.
These include heuristics, cookie tracking, and URL session keys. Analog
will not provide this information for the reasons stated in
docs/webworks.html.
--
Jeremy Wadsack
Wadsack-Allen Digital Group
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