dataStore.startRequestLog( )

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4D v18

Description

The dataStore.startRequestLog( ) method starts the logging of ORDA requests on the client side.

This method must be called on a remote 4D, otherwise it does nothing. It is designed for debugging purposes in client/server configurations.

The ORDA request log can be sent to a file or to memory, depending on the parameter passed to the method:

If you passed file object created with the File command, the log data is written in this file as a collection of objects (JSON format). Each object represents a request.
If the file does not already exist, it is created. Otherwise if the file already exists, the new log data is appended to it.
If dataStore.startRequestLog( ) is called with a file while a logging was previously started in memory, the memory log is stopped and emptied.
Note: A ] character must be manually appended at the end of the file to perform a JSON validation

If you passed a number in the reqNum (longint) parameter, the log in memory is emptied (if any) and a new log is initialized. It will keep reqNum requests in memory until the number is reached, in which case the oldest entries are emptied (FIFO stack).
If dataStore.startRequestLog( ) is called with a reqNum while a logging was previously started in a file, the file logging is stopped.

If you did not pass any parameter, the log is started in memory. If dataStore.startRequestLog( ) was previously called with a reqNum (before a stopRequestLog( )), the log data is stacked in memory until the next time the log is emptied or stopRequestLog() is called.

For a description of the ORDA request log format, please refer to the ORDA client requests section.

Example 1

You want to log ORDA client requests in a file and use the log sequence number:

 C_OBJECT($e;$file)

 $file:=File("/LOGS/ORDARequests.txt") //logs folder

 

 SET DATABASE PARAMETER(Client Log Recording;1) //to trigger the global log sequence number

 ds.startRequestLog($file)

 $e:=ds.Persons.get(30001) //send a request

 ds.stopRequestLog()

 SET DATABASE PARAMETER(Client Log Recording;0)

Example 2

You want to log ORDA client requests in memory:

 C_OBJECT($es)

 C_COLLECTION($log)

 

 ds.startRequestLog(3) //keep 3 requests in memory

 

 $es:=ds.Persons.query("name=:1";"Marie")

 $es:=ds.Persons.query("name IN :1";New collection("Marie"))

 $es:=ds.Persons.query("name=:1";"So@")

 

 $log:=ds.getRequestLog()

 ALERT("The longest request lasted: "+String($log.max("duration"))+" ms")