Yes, by default it uses memory storage. When your application pool is restarted, you loose elmah data. If I remember well, old versions of elmah used App_Data folder for storing xml files…If you want to use database to store logs, just specify connection string in your elmah config section: <elmah> … <errorLog type=”Elmah.SqlErrorLog, Elmah” connectionStringName=”ElmahConnectionString”/> … Read more
This was also addressed in the ELMAH discussion group, quoted below verbatim: ELMAH actually does log all the form data. It is not displayed alongside server variables by default when you look at the error detail page but can be dug out of the raw XML view from the very same page. The form data, … Read more
Make sure you set your application name in web.config <errorLog type=”Elmah.SqlErrorLog, Elmah” connectionStringName=”nibWeb” applicationName=”Nib.Services” /> and then ErrorLog.GetDefault(null).Log(new Error(error)); will work
The typical scenario for securing elmah.axd is allowing only some authenticated user to be able to access it. But if your site doesn’t use any authentication at all this might not be applicable. Here’s what I would recommend you: Disable completely the elmah.axd handler on your main site Configure elmah to write the logs to … Read more
I’m answering my own question. I tried adding following in my web.config <system.serviceModel> <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled=”true” /> </system.serviceModel> Also decorated my Service with following attribute [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)] public class CalculatorService : ICalculatorSession { // Implement calculator service methods } Still no use. Then I got the solution here by which you can use Elmah without … Read more
Try System.Web.HttpContext.Current. It should do the trick. Gets HTTP-specific information about an individual HTTP request. MSDN
You need to enable Elmah for remote access by adding the following configuration setting to the <elmah> section in your web.config file. The default setting for this value is false, which only allows localhost, hence why it is working on your local machine from within Visual Studio. <elmah> <security allowRemoteAccess=”true”/> </elmah> I always seem to … Read more
ELMAH has been updated to support a new feature called Signaling. This allows you to handle exceptions how you want, while still logging them to ELMAH. try { int i = 5; int j = 0; i = i / j; //Throws exception } catch (Exception ex) { MyPersonalHandlingCode(ex); ErrorSignal.FromCurrentContext().Raise(ex); //ELMAH Signaling } Re-throwing exceptions … Read more
I played around with the web.config and got the following to work. Basically instead of putting the elmah.axd HttpHandler in the general system.web, add it specifically in the system.web of your “admin” path location. <location path=”admin”> <system.web> <httpHandlers> <add verb=”POST,GET,HEAD” path=”elmah.axd” type=”Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah” /> </httpHandlers> <authorization> <deny users=”?”/> </authorization> </system.web> </location>
The solution from my blog post (referenced in the OP) was based on an existing solution we were/are using to alter HTTP Response Codes during an error state. So, for us it was a one-line change to pass the Exception to ELMAH. If there’s a better solution, I’d love to know about it too. For … Read more