Thanks for the feedback, but I had a couple of follow-up questions: Why would switching log levels from (OFF-to-DEBUG-to-ERROR-to-etc) work when using FileAppender, but ADONetAppender does not. Is it safe to assume that if it works in FileAppender mode that I have everything configured properly?
If I use a separate config file (not the web.config), how can I direct the application to use its appSettings values? What file is the below log text located: log4net: ConfigureAndWatchHandler: Changed [c:\inetpub\wwwroot\log4net.config] log4net: ConfigureAndWatchHandler: Changed [c:\inetpub\wwwroot\log4net.config] log4net: XmlConfigurator: configuring repository [log4net-default-repository] using file [c:/inetpub/wwwroot/log4net.config] Lastly, you mentioned that it looks like I'm configuring log4net twice, what leads you to believe that? I only call log4net.Config.DOMConfigurator.Configure() once in Application_Start. Again, any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank for the help. Jason Goldsmith -----Original Message----- From: Ron Grabowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:32 PM To: Log4NET User Subject: Re: Cannot switch between logging levels If you enable debugging inside of log4net: <appSettings> <add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true" /> </appSettings> and use ConfigureAndWatch to configure log4net, you should see a message similiar to this when you make a change to your log4net.config file. The text below was generated when I changed the level of my root logger from ALL to OFF: log4net: ConfigureAndWatchHandler: Changed [c:\inetpub\wwwroot\log4net.config] log4net: ConfigureAndWatchHandler: Changed [c:\inetpub\wwwroot\log4net.config] log4net: XmlConfigurator: configuring repository [log4net-default-repository] using file [c:/inetpub/wwwroot/log4net.config] log4net: XmlConfigurator: configuring repository [log4net-default-repository] using stream log4net: XmlConfigurator: loading XML configuration log4net: XmlConfigurator: Configuring Repository [log4net-default-repository] log4net: XmlHierarchyConfigurator: Configuration update mode [Merge]. log4net: XmlHierarchyConfigurator: Logger [root] Level string is [OFF]. log4net: XmlHierarchyConfigurator: Logger [root] level set to [name="OFF",value=2147483647]. ... It looks like you're configuring log4net twice. A better approach may be to use your own AdoNetAppender: public class MyAdoNetAppender : AdoNetAppender { protected string ConnectionString { get { return base.ConnectionString; } set { base.ConnectionString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Logger.ConnectionString"]; } } } Your call to configure log4net will look something like this: FileInfo log4netConfig = GetLog4netConfigFile(); log4net.Config.DOMConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(log4netConfig); --- Jason Goldsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I have an ASP.Net application and I store many Session variables, > so > I've created a separate config file for log4net (log4net.config) > because > if any change is made to the web.config file all my Session variables > are blown away. I have configured it with the following:
