> > Is there any way to include the text of a log message in the CSV export? 
> > Anyway to include a pointer to the attachment?
> 
> The text of a log message is usually several lines long. To my knowledge, CSV
> only allows single line values, that's why I excluded the text field from the
> CSV export. This is different in the XML export, which supports multi-line
> values. If you teach me however how multi-line values can be represented in
> CSV format, I could easily add that.
> 
> As for the attachment, do you just need a name, or a URL back to the logbook?
> Should the pointer be in the form "http://elog.server/logbook/attachment.jpg"
> or in HTML form like <a href="http:/...">attachment</a> ?

I will attempt to use an active x script in a DTS package on SQL Server to parse
the xml and load it into the database. I can see where CSV has it's limitations.

> Is there any way to include the text of a log message in the CSV export? 
> Anyway to include a pointer to the attachment?

The text of a log message is usually several lines long. To my knowledge, CSV
only allows single line values, that's why I excluded the text field from the
CSV export. This is different in the XML export, which supports multi-line
values. If you teach me however how multi-line values can be represented in
CSV format, I could easily add that.

As for the attachment, do you just need a name, or a URL back to the logbook?
Should the pointer be in the form "http://elog.server/logbook/attachment.jpg"
or in HTML form like <a href="http:/...">attachment</a> ?

Is there any way to include the text of a log message in the CSV export? 
Anyway to include a pointer to the attachment?

> > > as this url shows http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#amp
> > 

> > > it should be used an HTML entity instead of the ampersand sign.<p>
> > 
> > Can you please be a bit more specific? In which URL should the ampersand be
> > replaced?
> 
> uhmm...
> 
> http://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/page2?mode=threaded&expand=0&last=7
> 
> the bug is also a "documentation bug", infact similar tricks are also
> in FAQs (FAQ 5 for example)
> 
> I tried to substitute avery occurrence of hard coded "&" with "&amp;" but it does
> not do the job at all ... infact the first time the HTML code is ok, but
> following a link let the browser to automatically decode html entities .. and
> everything turns wrong again ... maybe the encoding should be done in
> printing-to-the-browser-time ..

BTW, the current url (taht should be perfectly well formed makes the elog not to
display attachments ... so may be thare is a problema in the query string decoding
routine ...

http://somehost.it:8080/LBNAME/?mode=full&amp;attach=1

> > > as this url shows http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#amp
> > 

> > > it should be used an HTML entity instead of the ampersand sign.<p>
> > 
> > Can you please be a bit more specific? In which URL should the ampersand be
> > replaced?
> 
> uhmm...
> 
> http://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/page2?mode=threaded&expand=0&last=7
> 
> the bug is also a "documentation bug", infact similar tricks are also
> in FAQs (FAQ 5 for example)
> 
> I tried to substitute avery occurrence of hard coded "&" with "&amp;" but it does
> not do the job at all ... infact the first time the HTML code is ok, but
> following a link let the browser to automatically decode html entities .. and
> everything turns wrong again ... maybe the encoding should be done in
> printing-to-the-browser-time ..

BTW, the current url (taht should be perfectly well formed makes the elog not to
display attachments ... so may be thare is a problema in the query string decoding
routine ...

http://somehost.it:8080/LBNAME/?mode=full&amp;attach=1

> > as this url shows http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#amp
> 

> > it should be used an HTML entity instead of the ampersand sign.<p>
> 
> Can you please be a bit more specific? In which URL should the ampersand be
> replaced?

uhmm...

http://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/page2?mode=threaded&expand=0&last=7

the bug is also a "documentation bug", infact similar tricks are also
in FAQs (FAQ 5 for example)

I tried to substitute avery occurrence of hard coded "&" with "&amp;" but it does
not do the job at all ... infact the first time the HTML code is ok, but
following a link let the browser to automatically decode html entities .. and
everything turns wrong again ... maybe the encoding should be done in
printing-to-the-browser-time ..

I've got it running for two years now on a Sun Netra box running Solaris 9

> I searched and found some problems people were having compiling it on Solaris.
> However I didn't see anything else.

I just used the compile instructions as shown in the elog admin manual

Here the Makefile I used

#
# Simple makefile for elogd
#
# S. Ritt, May 12th 2000
# install/clean section by Th. Bullinger, Apr. 26th, 2002
#
# add "-DHAVE_CRYPT" and "-lcrypt" to use crypt() function
#

CC = gcc
LIBS =
CFLAGS = -L/usr/lib/ -ldl -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl -lsocket
#CFLAGS = -g -O
EXECS = elog elogd elconv
DESTDIR = /usr/local/bin
SDESTDIR = /usr/local/sbin
MANDIR = /usr/local/man

INSTALL = /usr/bin/install
RM = /bin/rm

ifeq ($(OSTYPE),solaris)
CC = gcc
#LIBS = -lsocket -lnsl
#CFLAGS =
INSTALL = /usr/ucb/install
RM = /usr/bin/rm
endif

ifeq ($(OSTYPE),darwin)
CC = cc
endif

all: $(EXECS)

%: src/%.c
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LIBS)

install: $(EXECS)
        $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -o bin -g bin elog elconv $(DESTDIR)
        $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -o bin -g bin elogd $(SDESTDIR)
        $(INSTALL) -m 0644 man/elog.1 man/elconv.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/
        $(INSTALL) -m 0644 man/elogd.8 $(MANDIR)/man8/

clean:
        -$(RM) *~ $(EXECS)


> If your using it, was it hard to get it installed and working?

Not at all.
Just read the manual and it just works.
If you are having problems just read this "forum" the get the answers.

using:
Display mode = threaded
List display = Subject, Type, Author, Date

in the config file (omitting "ID" then) rise the bug

ie, an unneeded "," is displayed after the "supposed to be printed" ID