Exception.Message vs Exception.ToString()

Question

I have code that is logging Exception.Message. However, I read an article which states that it\'s better to use Exception.ToString(). With the latt

Answer 1

In terms of the XML format for log4net, you need not worry about ex.ToString() for the logs. Simply pass the exception object itself and log4net does the rest do give you all of the details in its pre-configured XML format. The only thing I run into on occasion is new line formatting, but that's when I'm reading the files raw. Otherwise parsing the XML works great.