How to log something in Rails in an independent log file?

Question

In rails I want to log some information in a different log file and not the standard development.log or production.log. I want to do this logging from a model class.

Answer 1

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base  

      LOGFILE = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, '/log/', "article_#{RAILS_ENV}.log")  

      def validate  
        log "was validated!"  
      end   

      def log(*args)  
       args.size == 1 ? (message = args; severity = :info) : (severity, message = args)  
       Article.logger severity, "Article##{self.id}: #{message}"  
     end  

     def self.logger(severity = nil, message = nil)  
       @article_logger ||= Article.open_log  
       if !severity.nil? && !message.nil? && @article_logger.respond_to?(severity)  
         @article_logger.send severity, "[#{Time.now.to_s(:db)}] [#{severity.to_s.capitalize}] #{message}\n"  
       end  
       message or @article_logger  
     end  

     def self.open_log  
       ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger.new(LOGFILE)  
     end  

   end