Log4net new user: error no appender found: what am I doing wrong?

[Michael <mi...@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hello,
I've just started to try and use log4net but can't get past first base -
which I'm hoping is a simple error on my part. I'm using C#, vs.net 2003,
SQL Server 2000.

I have a basic console app with an app.config like so. I've mainly cut and
pasted this from the various available examples:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
	<configSections>
		<section name="log4net"
type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
	</configSections>


	<log4net debug="true">

<appender name="DbAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ADONetAppender">
	<bufferSize value="100" />
	<connectionType value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection,
System.Data, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />

	<connectionString value="data source=net1;initial
catalog=ccdev1;integrated security=false;persist security info=True;User
ID=fred;Password=bloggs" />

	<commandText value="INSERT INTO Log
([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception]) VALUES (@log_date,
@thread, @log_level, @logger, @message, @exception)" />
	<parameter>
		<parameterName value="@log_date" />
		<dbType value="DateTime" />
		<layout type="log4net.Layout.RawTimeStampLayout" />
	</parameter>
	<parameter>
		<parameterName value="@thread" />
		<dbType value="String" />
		<size value="255" />
		<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
			<conversionPattern value="%thread" />
		</layout>
	</parameter>
	<parameter>
		<parameterName value="@log_level" />
		<dbType value="String" />
		<size value="50" />
		<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
			<conversionPattern value="%level" />
		</layout>
	</parameter>
	<parameter>
		<parameterName value="@logger" />
		<dbType value="String" />
		<size value="255" />
		<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
			<conversionPattern value="%logger" />
		</layout>
	</parameter>
	<parameter>
		<parameterName value="@message" />
		<dbType value="String" />
		<size value="4000" />
		<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
			<conversionPattern value="%message" />
		</layout>
	</parameter>
	<parameter>
		<parameterName value="@exception" />
		<dbType value="String" />
		<size value="2000" />
		<layout type="log4net.Layout.ExceptionLayout" />
	</parameter>
</appender>

	<root>
		<level value="DEBUG" />
		<appender-ref ref="DbAppender" />
	</root>
</log4net>

<appSettings>

	<add key="log4net.Internal.Debug" value="true"/>
 
</appSettings>
    

My console app is:

namespace log4net_test
{
	class Class1
	{
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			log4net.Config.DOMConfigurator.Configure();
			log4net.ILog log =
log4net.LogManager.GetLogger("LoggerTest");
			log.Info("My info message");
		}
	}
}    

When I run this I get:

log4net: Disable override="".
log4net: Disable ="".
log4net:ERROR No appender named [DbAppender] could be found.
log4net: Appender named [DbAppender] not found.
log4net:ERROR No appenders could be found for category (LoggerTest).
log4net:ERROR Please initialize the log4net system properly.

What am I doing wrong? 
Also, when should I call the Configure() method?

	log4net.Config.DOMConfigurator.Configure();

Hope you can point me in the right direction.

Thanks
Michael


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