NLog save entries to database(postgresql), - nlog

Question

Search on many post, all compared to almost identical but somehow its doesn't send entries to DB.
logging file works, but database not..
nlog.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
autoReload="true"
internalLogLevel="Trace"
internalLogFile="c:logs\internallog.txt">
<extensions>
<add assembly="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" />
</extensions>
<targets>
<target name="database" xsi:type="Database"
dbProvider="Npgsql.NpgsqlConnection, Npgsql"
connectionString="User ID=postgres;Password=123456;Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=Telepati_Dev;">
<!--//Pooling=true;-->
<commandText>
insert into systemlogs(log_date,log_level,log_logger,log_message,log_machine_name, log_user_name, log_call_site, log_thread, log_exception, log_stacktrace) values(#time_stamp, #level, #logger, #message,#machinename, #user_name, #call_site, #threadid, #log_exception, #stacktrace);
</commandText>
<parameter name="#time_stamp" layout="${longdate}" />
<parameter name="#level" layout="${level}" />
<parameter name="#logger" layout="${logger}" />
<parameter name="#message" layout="${message}" />
<parameter name="#machinename" layout="${machinename}" />
<parameter name="#user_name" layout="${windows-identity:domain=true}" />
<parameter name="#call_site" layout="${callsite:filename=true}" />
<parameter name="#threadid" layout="${threadid}" />
<parameter name="#log_exception" layout="${exception}" />
<parameter name="#stacktrace" layout="${stacktrace}" />
</target>
<target xsi:type="File" name="ownFile-web" fileName="c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-${shortdate}.log"
layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${message} CorrelationId=${aspnet-item:variable=CorrelationId} ${exception:format=tostring}|url: ${aspnet-request-url}|controller: ${aspnet-MVC-Controller}, action: ${aspnet-mvc-action}" />
</targets>
<rules>
<!--All logs, including from Microsoft-->
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="allfile" />
<!--Skip non-critical Microsoft logs and so log only own logs-->
<logger name="Microsoft.*" maxlevel="Info" final="true" />
<!-- BlackHole without writeTo -->
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="ownFile-web" />
</rules>
</nlog>
Api project gets dbcontext from data layer so does Npgsql reference
here is API nugget refs;
and data layer packages;
here are some contents of "internallog.txt";
2020-05-31 02:07:32.3212 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.3503 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.3642 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.3774 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.3934 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4091 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4245 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4403 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4551 Trace Opening c:\logs\ApplicationLogs-2020-05-31.log with allowFileSharedWriting=False
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4771 Debug Targets for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command by level:
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4771 Debug Trace =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4771 Debug Debug =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4947 Debug Info =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4947 Debug Warn => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.4947 Debug Error => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5119 Debug Fatal => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5119 Debug Targets for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query by level:
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5119 Debug Trace =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5279 Debug Debug =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5279 Debug Info =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5279 Debug Warn => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5428 Debug Error => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5428 Debug Fatal => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5428 Debug Targets for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Transaction by level:
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5594 Debug Trace =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5594 Debug Debug =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5704 Debug Info =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5704 Debug Warn => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5704 Debug Error => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5856 Debug Fatal => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5856 Debug Targets for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Connection by level:
2020-05-31 02:07:32.5856 Debug Trace =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.6033 Debug Debug =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.6033 Debug Info =>
2020-05-31 02:07:32.6033 Debug Warn => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.6186 Debug Error => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.6186 Debug Fatal => ownFile-web
2020-05-31 02:07:32.6403 Debug Targets for Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update by level:
whats missing here?

Answer 1

There isn't a rule that writes to the database target in your config.
E.g. Replace
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="ownFile-web" />
With
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="ownFile-web, database" />