Bug #24817 Documentation missing information about windows event log
Submitted: 5 Dec 2006 11:51 Modified: 21 Aug 2009 11:05
Reporter: David Newcomb (OCA) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:all OS:Any (n/a)
Assigned to: MC Brown CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: Docs

[5 Dec 2006 11:51] David Newcomb
Description:
I cannot for the life of me find any information in the MySQL manual regarding the Window Event Log.
My customers machines are filling up with entries that would normally go it to the hostname.err log. Your change log for 4.0.21 is the only place I could find that even mentions it. It says support was added - and that's it. That was September 2004! You have section a whole section on logs (5.1), but none of them even mention it.

How can I turn it off? I don't want log message to hostname.err and the windows event log - what's the point?

How to repeat:
One used to be able to add bugs in the documentation specifically, but that option is gone now. Is it a bug in the bug reporter?

Suggested fix:
Add a section in the documentation (probably section 5.1) entitled "Windows Event Logging". Add useful information like 'How to turn it on/off' etc.
[5 Dec 2006 12:11] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report.
[20 Aug 2009 17:03] MC Brown
The writing of errors to the event log, and the classification of those errors, has been added into the discussion on the Error Log.
[21 Aug 2009 10:03] David Newcomb
You have not addressed this issue! There is still no documentation, on how to turn on/off the windows event log reporting (if it is possible).

The fact something has been added to the discussion is not a resolution. The discussion does not mention any of the points I have listed in this report.
[21 Aug 2009 11:02] MC Brown
David -

You cannot turn it off - if the event log has successfully been accessed by mysqld, then Info/Warnings are reported to it. 

That's why the current wording says 'In addition...'. 

I'll add a note that this is not configurable. I suggest you open a separate dev bug requesting configurable event log selection.
[21 Aug 2009 11:05] MC Brown
Updated the details to note that Event Log reported cannot be configured or switched off.