Where does ELMAH save its data?

Question

I just installed ELMAH.MVC (more info here) and was wondering where its data is saved. I read that you can choose to set up database for storage but seems that the default insta

Answer 1

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:

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You should have ElmahConnectionString in your connectionStrings section, something like this:

    
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Here you can find example web.config file.