log4net to SQLServer : what happens if database is unavailable?

Question

I have a log4net ado appender writing to a SQL Server database. I like it, I think it\'s neat. Before I send it into production, I want to know what the behaviour will be if

Answer 1

The appender (like all log4net appenders that I am aware of) will fail silently and thus stop logging. You can configure the appender to try to reconnect though:

In that case you probably want to specify a connection time out in your db connection string:

Connect Timeout=1

If you do not do that your application will be very slow if the db is offline.