Logging, Weblogic

Location of log records in WebLogic Enterprise Manager (EM)?

In my opinion Enterprise Manager delivers the most convenient way to check log records. It has search and filtering capabilities. It works reliably and provides nice structured information. So where to find them? Lets use tiny sample application which I’ve introduced in my previous post – How to add custom logging into ADF application?. After deploying it to WebLogic server, please…

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ADF, Logging

How to add custom logging into ADF application?

Can’t imagine development without logging. Even in ADF 🙂 For some quick output into local WebLogic console – System.out.println is quite ok. But if we need to have it in more professional and persistent way – java logging tools come to action. In ADF we have ADFLogger class at our service. Naturally it is extended java.util.logging.Logger indeed. So here is…

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Database, Logging, SQL and PL/SQL

How to enable tracing in Oracle DB? How to read trace files?

There are many ways to enable tracing in Oracle DB, some are legacy and deprecated. One of latest and recommended method for 11gR2 – use of DBMS_MONITOR (find out more about it in Oracle reference) package. To enable whole instance tracing: execute dbms_monitor.database_trace_enable(waits => true, binds => true,  instance_name => ‘instance_name’); To disable whole instance tracing:  execute dbms_monitor.database_trace_disable(instance_name => ‘instance_name’);…

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Logging, Weblogic

How to filter OSB logging and redirect log records to any desirable destination?

The best practice to accomplish this task is to use Weblogic server startup class. In this class we should take Weblogic server “Logger” object and use it to attach additional appender. This appender can be implemented to redirect log messages to any destination You prefer. Log4j supports dozen of standard destinations, providing built in appenders like JDBCAppender, JMSAppender, FileAppender and many…

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