I work on my company's billing system and we use both database and file logs. We process millions of transactions a month so it's important to not only have a detailed audit trail of every transaction but also be able to keep track of any errors and be able to recover transactions from logs in the case of something unexpected happening.
For file logs we use Log4Net and I recommend it. It allows us to specify log statements as Warning, Debug, Error, or Fatal. We have it set up so that all types are logged in the file while any Error or Fatal log statement is emailed to the engineers so we can immediately look into the situation. I don't believe in having too many log statements as it does nothing but make finding useful information difficult. As a general rule we log as much information as possible about each transaction as it comes in and out of each part of our system as well any major changes to that data that come from a part of processing it.
Database logs are extremely useful because they can be queried unlike file logs. This makes finding the information you need much easier. In our case however the db logs only contain information about the transaction and not the processing of it. Therefore both the db and file logs are necessary.
Having two types of logs also acts as a fail safe. If our db goes down we still have file logs. If there is no trace of something in the file logs we can check the db.
Now with this level of logging comes other issues such as archiving logs and dealing with db log tables that are too big but that's a topic for a whole other discussion.
He is the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and apparently the show Firefly which has a huge fan base yet I never even heard of it until it was cancelled and they announced they were making a movie out of it.
Can anyone tell me if this is that big of a deal? Im no biologist just a college kid in a bioinformatics class but from what i've experienced the major free databases out there like GenBank, EMBL, and DDBJ seem to be pretty comprehensive.
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From my experience it is possible to get girls into videogames however for that to happen the game needs to have extremely simplified controls consisting of no more then 4 buttons and having basically no story or learning curve. Fusion Frenzy happens to be a popular title among my girl friends mainly cause you usually only have to press a or b. Marble Madness and Tetris were always favorites of my sister and those games require you every so often to press a single button.
People seem to think getting girls interested in videogames is a good idea but if you do and they beat you in something...you'll never hear the end of it.
I agree the Clone Wars cartoons were amazing and everyone here seems to ignore the fact that in addition to announcing the live action series George Lucas said they are continuing the Clone Wars cartoon series with 30 minute episodes. The live action series may be hit or miss but at least we know the cartoon is going to rock.
The beginning of Half Life 2 definitely shows how talented the people at Valve are. While other studios would of resorted to long pre rendered sequences and drawn out exposition to get the story across Valve uses optional conversations with npc's and propaganda playing on large video screens to set the mood. For me though the scenic tour of the citadel towards the end of the game moved me the most.
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I work on my company's billing system and we use both database and file logs. We process millions of transactions a month so it's important to not only have a detailed audit trail of every transaction but also be able to keep track of any errors and be able to recover transactions from logs in the case of something unexpected happening.
For file logs we use Log4Net and I recommend it. It allows us to specify log statements as Warning, Debug, Error, or Fatal. We have it set up so that all types are logged in the file while any Error or Fatal log statement is emailed to the engineers so we can immediately look into the situation. I don't believe in having too many log statements as it does nothing but make finding useful information difficult. As a general rule we log as much information as possible about each transaction as it comes in and out of each part of our system as well any major changes to that data that come from a part of processing it.
Database logs are extremely useful because they can be queried unlike file logs. This makes finding the information you need much easier. In our case however the db logs only contain information about the transaction and not the processing of it. Therefore both the db and file logs are necessary.
Having two types of logs also acts as a fail safe. If our db goes down we still have file logs. If there is no trace of something in the file logs we can check the db.
Now with this level of logging comes other issues such as archiving logs and dealing with db log tables that are too big but that's a topic for a whole other discussion.
He is the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel and apparently the show Firefly which has a huge fan base yet I never even heard of it until it was cancelled and they announced they were making a movie out of it.
Can anyone tell me if this is that big of a deal? Im no biologist just a college kid in a bioinformatics class but from what i've experienced the major free databases out there like GenBank, EMBL, and DDBJ seem to be pretty comprehensive.
From my experience it is possible to get girls into videogames however for that to happen the game needs to have extremely simplified controls consisting of no more then 4 buttons and having basically no story or learning curve. Fusion Frenzy happens to be a popular title among my girl friends mainly cause you usually only have to press a or b. Marble Madness and Tetris were always favorites of my sister and those games require you every so often to press a single button. People seem to think getting girls interested in videogames is a good idea but if you do and they beat you in something...you'll never hear the end of it.
I agree the Clone Wars cartoons were amazing and everyone here seems to ignore the fact that in addition to announcing the live action series George Lucas said they are continuing the Clone Wars cartoon series with 30 minute episodes. The live action series may be hit or miss but at least we know the cartoon is going to rock.
The beginning of Half Life 2 definitely shows how talented the people at Valve are. While other studios would of resorted to long pre rendered sequences and drawn out exposition to get the story across Valve uses optional conversations with npc's and propaganda playing on large video screens to set the mood. For me though the scenic tour of the citadel towards the end of the game moved me the most.