The receiver needs reliable delimiters to separate text into fields. Your two example log lines contain: Logger: AE - getSectionOperationOptByAEPath DTC: given Logger: LOOKUP - LU convertResultSetToXferApptRequest for request 66
Note the LU after the logger name and before the method name in the 2nd line - I expected the field between that dash and the following space to be the method, but that's not the case for the 2nd line... The best you can do when you have inconsistent formatting in your log is to store the inconsistent part in the MESSAGE field and use Chainsaw's built in search/filter functions to find the content.. Your log file contains the same date/time entry twice, so I've ignored the 1st entry (since it doesn't contain the year) - also, the 2nd date/time field happens to be in the default timestamp format used by the receiver (I've also ignored the 2nd logger name). Since I can't reliably separate the method field (because of the space delimiting and the extra LU field on the 2nd example entry), the method name will be the 1st text displayed in the MESSAGE field. (1st 3 stars ignore the 1st 3 fields - redundant date/time info) (4th star ignores the redundant logger) (I don't know what property1 or property2 are, so they'll show up as a column with that name in Chainsaw) Log format: * * * PROP(PROPERTY1) TIMESTAMP LEVEL * - Deployed: PROP(PROPERTY2) - Logger: LOGGER - MESSAGE Scott Deboy Principal Engineer COMOTIV SYSTEMS 111 SW Columbia Street Ste. 950 Portland, OR 97201 Office: 503.224.7496 Direct Line: 503.821.6482 Cell: 503.997.1367 Fax: 503.222.0185 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.comotivsystems.com -----Original Message----- From: Siegel, Bernard J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:08 AM To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org Subject: Chainsaw logFormat Folks, I have Chainsaw sort of working using a log4j written text log. But the logFormat is not correct. What are the possible values for this (logFormat)? A co-worker thinks the pattern is: (2 sample lines below) DateTime Hostname DateTime Severity Logger Server Logger Method Message How would I write that for the logFormat? Thanks, Info: (log4j.xml file) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration > <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="true"> <plugin name="RSA LOG FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LogFilePatternReceiver"> <param name="timestampFormat" value="MMM dd HH:mm:ss"/> <param name="logFormat" value="TIMESTAMP LEVEL CLASS MESSAGE"/> <param name="fileURL" value="file:///C:/junk/rsa.log"/> <param name="tailing" value="true"/> </plugin > <root><level value="debug"/></root> </log4j:configuration> Two sample lines from the log: Aug 28 15:09:49 vhaisprsa4 2007-08-28 15:09:49,566 WARN ae - Deployed: rsaRsa4Srv1 - Logger: AE - getSectionOperationOptByAEPath DTC: given AE was not a schedulable entity Aug 28 15:09:52 vhaisprsa4 2007-08-28 15:09:52,595 ERROR lu - Deployed: rsaRsa4Srv1 - Logger: LOOKUP - LU convertResultSetToXferApptRequest for request 66 java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException Bernard Siegel Senior Research Analyst Mobile Systems Technology Group Presentation Systems Section Software Design and Development Department Medical Systems Organization Software Engineering Division 10, Automation and Data Systems Southwest Research Institute Desk Phone: (210) 522-2347 Cell Phone: (210) 387-6437 Fax Phone: (210) 522-4228 "They placed me on this earth without a manual. And I dare to say, I'm doing just fine without ;)" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
