This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447 Scenario 9:Find out what is the peak time for your IIS Server How can you find out what is the peak time (peak hour) for your Website using Logparser? Answer:...

This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447. Scenario 8: Checking the traffic/requests between a specific client and server Why would you do it in the first place? You may want to troubleshoot an authenticate...

This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447. Scenario 7: Searching specific column data from a CSV file using Logparser Let's say you have a CSV (comma separated value) text file as follows... abc,abd,ac...

This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447. Scenario 6: Searching for any specific text in all the files of a folder. A small background of the problem Recently we saw a very interesting problem....

Well, I don't trust A word or phrase in the file search in Windows XP. And sure it needs improvement! Sometimes, it gives you results, but most of the times it doesn't :o( Here is what you can do to prove the point which I want to make. 1. Go to your...

This blog entry is a continuation of the KB Article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=910447 . Scenario 5: Analyzing the IISlogs to see if there is any pattern for errors A small background of the problem You are using Microsoft Internet Information...

Sometimes while querying using LogParser, you might not be able to recall the field names and what they actually mean. Say for example, you are planning to analyze an IIS log file and you are not able to recall what is the field name for the column which...

This is my first article for Microsoft ASP.NET Support Voice Column! I hope you will enjoy it. I am looking for more participation on using the Log parser, so feel free to write to me if you have some cool Logparser queries to share. Log Parser 2.2...

<From the Log Parser 2.2 documentation> Log parser is a powerful, versatile tool that provides universal query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as well as key data sources on the Windows® operating system...

Quite often, we receive log files for analysis which are simply HUGE !!! We try opening that in Notepad and it hangs. After n minutes, we kill the notepad, try MS Excel and that hangs as well. Sometimes, MS Excel shows "File not loaded completely". Painful...