SQL Source Control 4

Logging and log files

Log files collect information about SQL Source Control while you use it. These files are useful if you're working with Redgate support to fix a problem.

By default, SQL Source Control logs all error information (see the table below). This produces large log files. If you're troubleshooting a specific problem, you may want to reduce the amount of logging to make the logs easier to read.

Example log file using the default log level, "Serious"

10:20:01.983|Info   |er.StartOfDayLogging|1  |#1:Power Mode Changed, mode is Resume
10:20:03.087|Info   |er.StartOfDayLogging|1  |#1:Time Changed
10:20:03.429|Debug  |VsCommandUsageLogger|1  |#1:Execute for VS command Edit.GoToFindCombo
10:20:09.707|Info   |er.StartOfDayLogging|1  |#1:Time Changed
10:20:19.449|Info   |Performance Testing |9  |#9:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:StartTimeTicks=635265876008030745:Name=ServerPollEvent
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |9  |#9:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:Step=1:Seconds=3.77532491619145E-05:After=Get Lock
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |9  |#9:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:Step=2:Seconds=0.000117291647881676:After=Copied database names
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |9  |#9:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:Step=3:Seconds=0.000157610651841002:After=Calculated work
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |9  |#9:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:Step=4:Seconds=18.6582575885863:After=Get New Entries
10:20:19.552|Info   |Pollers.ServerPoller|13 |#13:Got 0 new default trace entries for AdventureWorks
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |33 |#33:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:Step=5:Seconds=18.7612858390128:After=Invoke New Entries
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |33 |#33:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:Step=6:Seconds=18.7613045323692:After=Make AboutToBeActive Active
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |33 |#33:Guid=58317ab7-0627-4261-9f33-fb2c5c01696a:NumberOfSteps=6
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |33 |#33:Guid=b3e1aae0-9c1a-46f3-abda-e1e96a90fd1f:StartTimeTicks=635265876008030745:Name=PollStrategyCallBack
10:20:19.552|Info   |Performance Testing |33 |#33:Guid=b3e1aae0-9c1a-46f3-abda-e1e96a90fd1f:NumberOfSteps=0

Changing the log level

  1. Close Management Studio.
  2. Go to the SQL Source Control config files folder. By default, this is %localappdata%\Red Gate\SQL Source Control 4
  3. Open RedGate_SQLSourceControl_Engine_EngineOptions.xml in a text editor.

  4. Inside the <EngineOptions> tags, add:

    <LogLevel>your specified log level</LogLevel>

    You can specify:

    Log levelEffect
    NoneDisables all logging.
    DebugLogs additional debug information.
    TraceLogs stack trace after an exception.
    InformationLogs information collected when getting changes in the Get latest tab.
    WarningLogs information collected when minor errors occur.
    ErrorLogs information collected when mid-level errors occur.
    FatalLogs information collected when fatal errors (ie crashes) occur.
    SeriousCombines the warning, error and fatal log levels (ie logs information from all error types). This is used by default if no log level is set.
    DefaultCombines the debug, trace, information and serious log levels. Note: despite its name, this is not the default log level.
    AllLogs all messages.

    The file is case sensitive. Don't change the capitalization of the text.

  5. Save and close the file.

SQL Source Control saves log files with the setting you specified.

Locating the log files

By default, log files for all Red Gate tools are located in: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Red Gate\Logs


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