From 78e085b12cbd10c249df03a42014ad6fd257bc25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dmathieu <42@dmathieu.com> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 10:14:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Use Rails.logger, not ActiveRecord::Base.logger Because everybody is not using ActiveRecord. And the logger is not specific to it. --- .../guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile b/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile index 6eec18b8b9..adf427147b 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/debugging_rails_applications.textile @@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ Rails makes use of Ruby's standard +logger+ to write log information. You can al You can specify an alternative logger in your +environment.rb+ or any environment file: -ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) -ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Log4r::Logger.new("Application Log") +Rails.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT) +Rails.logger = Log4r::Logger.new("Application Log") Or in the +Initializer+ section, add _any_ of the following @@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ TIP: By default, each log is created under +Rails.root/log/+ and the log file na h4. Log Levels -When something is logged it's printed into the corresponding log if the log level of the message is equal or higher than the configured log level. If you want to know the current log level you can call the +ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level+ method. +When something is logged it's printed into the corresponding log if the log level of the message is equal or higher than the configured log level. If you want to know the current log level you can call the +Rails.logger.level+ method. The available log levels are: +:debug+, +:info+, +:warn+, +:error+, and +:fatal+, corresponding to the log level numbers from 0 up to 4 respectively. To change the default log level, use config.log_level = Logger::WARN # In any environment initializer, or -ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level = 0 # at any time +Rails.logger.level = 0 # at any time This is useful when you want to log under development or staging, but you don't want to flood your production log with unnecessary information.