Hi there,
I'm using a propertiesfile to configure my logger-object! So, the configuration works like this: PropertyConfigurator.configure("src/log4j_JDBCTest.properties"); logger = Logger.getLogger("log4jstandardtest"); the propertiesfile looks like this: log4j.logger.log4jstandardtest=DEBUG, standard log4j.appender.standard=org.apache.log4j.jdbcplus.JDBCAppender log4j.appender.standard.url=jdbc:odbc:SWING_S log4j.appender.standard.dbclass=sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver log4j.appender.standard.username="" log4j.appender.standard.password="" log4j.appender.standard.sql=INSERT INTO Log4J_Standard (name, ts, message, class_method, logLevel) VALUES ('standard','@LAYOUT:1@','@MSG@','@LAYOUT:5@','@LAYOUT:2@') log4j.appender.standard.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.standard.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS}#%5p#[%t]#%m#%C{1}.%M%n log4j.appender.standard.layoutPartsDelimiter=# log4j.appender.standard.buffer=1 log4j.appender.standard.commit=true log4j.appender.standard.quoteReplace=true So, as you can see, i'm using a JDBCAppender! What I want to add now to my propertiesfile is, that an alternative appender (a RollingFileAppender), getting used when the database is down or unreachable! I found out, that the FallbackErrorHandler offers methods that allow a primary and a backup appender. But i can't find out how to integrate such an errorhandler in my properties file! Can anyone help me with this problem? thanks in advance, Christoph