How to track down log4net problems

Question

I use log4net all the time, but one thing I\'ve never figured out is how to tell what\'s going on on the inside. For example, I\'ve got a console appender and a database app

Answer 1

If the internal log doesn't give you enough information, it's very easy to build and debug the source code. If you don't want to mix this up with your development project, add a simple console application which just logs a message, copy your project's log4net.config to this application, and debug the class in question.