How should I log exceptions? I never tried logging in .NET before. Nor try to dump exceptions to a txt (or binary) file. I dont require a text file, just a way to view the logs with the file and line #.
-edit- using asp.net
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ELMAH is particularly nice if you’re using ASP.NET. One of my favorite features about ELMAH is not having to build the UI to view logged exceptions; ELMAH provides a handler that will report your exceptions. However, I’ve never used it for logging anything other than exceptions.
log4net, and Microsoft’s EntLib are some other ideas that come to mind. These provide a lot more functionality than what you may need if all you really need is just exception logging.
Also, you may consider performance counters if what you’re really trying to do is measure your application. Again, the benefit of using performance counters is that after publishing the data, you won’t have to worry about build the UI to view/query the data.