I figured out the cause of my problem. My application uses the NCR Teradata JDBC driver.
terajdbc4.jar - version 3.0.0.1 http://www.teradata.com/ By default, this driver will shut off Log4j's root logger. I don't know why NCR decided to implement the driver in this manner. I found a PDF on www.terdata.com: Teradata-JDBC-2012-033C.pdf The PDF explains how Terdata's JDBC driver uses Log4j. I am planning to contact Terdata tech support. -Sean > -----Original Message----- > From: Sullivan, Sean C - MWT > > Here is my configuration: > > Jakarta Commons Logging 1.0.3 > Log4j 1.2.8 > IBM Websphere Application Server 4.0.5 > > My stdout log file shows this output: > > log4j: Parsing for [root] with value=[OFF]. > log4j: Level token is [OFF]. > log4j: Category root set to OFF > log4j: Finished configuring. > > What does "Category root set to OFF" mean? > > > Here is my config file, log4j.xml > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> > > <!-- ===================================================================== > --> > <!-- > --> > <!-- Log4j configuration file > --> > <!-- > --> > <!-- ===================================================================== > --> > > > > <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; > debug="true" > > > <appender name="STDERR" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> > <param name="Target" value="System.err"/> > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > <param name="ConversionPattern" > value="%-5p %c{3} - %m [%X{server.hostname}]%n"/> > </layout> > > <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelRangeFilter"> > <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="true"/> > <param name="LevelMin" value="WARN"/> > <param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL"/> > </filter> > > </appender> > > <appender name="STDOUT" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> > <param name="Target" value="System.out"/> > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > <param name="ConversionPattern" > value="%-5p %c{3} - %m [%X{server.hostname}]%n"/> > </layout> > <filter class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LevelRangeFilter"> > <param name="AcceptOnMatch" value="true"/> > <param name="LevelMin" value="INFO"/> > <param name="LevelMax" value="INFO"/> > </filter> > </appender> > > <appender name="EMAILNOTIFICATION" > class="org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender"> > <param name="SMTPHost" value="somehost.foobar.net"/> > <param name="To" value="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"/> > <param name="From" value="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"/> > <param name="Subject" value="Message from Websphere"/> > <param name="BufferSize" value="1"/> > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > <param name="ConversionPattern" > value="[%d{DATE}]%nServer hostname: > %X{server.hostname}%n%-5p %c{3} - %m%nThread name: %t%n"/> > </layout> > </appender> > > <!-- ======================= --> > <!-- Setup the Root category --> > <!-- ======================= --> > > <root> > <priority value ="all" /> > <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" /> > <appender-ref ref="STDERR" /> > <appender-ref ref="EMAILNOTIFICATION" /> > </root> > > </log4j:configuration> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
