To log events/errors in your application, asp.net 2.0 has the healthmonitoring api that lives in System.Diagnostics.
You can get it to log just about anything that happens on your web app. To configure it, it takes you 15 minutes the first time and after that about 2 minutes.
You configure the asp.net services in the sql database.
To run the aspnet scripts on the database : attach the database to sql express via the management studio or something Give it a shorter name.
Then open a command prompt and navigate to %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.xxxxxxx
Next run aspnet_regsql – S servername -A all -d dbShortername
<
system.web
>
<
trace
enabled
=
“
true
“
requestLimit
=
“
25
“
pageOutput
=
“
false
“
traceMode
=
“
SortByTime
“
localOnly
=
“
false
“
/>
<
healthMonitoring
enabled
=
“
false
“
>
<
bufferModes
>
<
add
name
=
“
Critical Notification
“
maxBufferSize
=
“
100
“
maxFlushSize
=
“
20
“
urgentFlushThreshold
=
“
1
“
regularFlushInterval
=
“
Infinite
“
urgentFlushInterval
=
“
00:01:00
“
maxBufferThreads
=
“
1
“
/>
<
add
name
=
“
Constant Monitoring
“
maxBufferSize
=
“
1000
“
maxFlushSize
=
“
100
“
urgentFlushThreshold
=
“
100
“
regularFlushInterval
=
“
00:05:00
“
urgentFlushInterval
=
“
00:01:00
“
maxBufferThreads
=
“
1
“
/>
bufferModes
>
<
providers
>
<
add
name
=
“
MySqlWebEventProvider
“
type
=
“
System.Web.Management.SqlWebEventProvider
“
connectionStringName
=
“
connectionStringName
“
maxEventDetailsLength
=
“
1073741823
“
buffer
=
“
true
“
bufferMode
=
“
Constant Monitoring
“
/>
<
add
name
=
“
CriticalErrorMailProvider
“
type
=
“
System.Web.Management.SimpleMailWebEventProvider
“
from
=
“
monitoring@sitedomain.com
“
to
=
“tryit@nospam.com
“
priority
=
“
High
“
bodyHeader
=
“
ERROR !!!
“
bodyFooter
=
“
Please investigate ASAP
“
subjectPrefix
=
“
Problem at [sitename].
“
maxEventLength
=
“
4096
“
maxSize
=
“
4096
“
maxMessagesPerNotification
=
“
1
“
buffer
=
“
true
“
bufferMode
=
“
Critical Notification
“
/>
providers
>
<
profiles
>
<
add
name
=
“
siteDefault
“
minInstances
=
“
1
“
maxLimit
=
“
Infinite
“
minInterval
=
“
00:10:00
“
/>
profiles
>
<
rules
>
<
add
name
=
“
All Events Default
“
eventName
=
“
All Events
“
provider
=
“
MySqlWebEventProvider
“
profile
=
“
siteDefault
“
minInstances
=
“
1
“
maxLimit
=
“
Infinite
“
minInterval
=
“
00:01:00
“
custom
=
“”
/>
<
add
name
=
“
Request Processing Errors
“
eventName
=
“
Request Processing Errors
“
provider
=
“
CriticalErrorMailProvider
“
profile
=
“
siteDefault
“
/>
rules
>
healthMonitoring
>
system.web
>
The same type of functionality exists for asp.net 1.1 and is called elmah. Elmah lives on gotdotnet.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=f18bab11-162c-4267-a46e-72438c38df6f
