Article ID: 296093
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q296093
SUMMARY
Microsoft Knowledge Base article
296085 HOWTO: Analyzing Web Logs with SQL
describes a utility that you can use to strip the header lines from an Internet Information Server/Services (IIS) log for bulk insert to Microsoft SQL Server. This article provides that utility as well as the source code.
The Prewebplog.exe utility takes the path and file name of an IIS log file, removes the lines that start with "#" (these are the header lines in Web logs) and outputs the file to STDOUT.
MORE INFORMATION
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Release Date: JUN-21-2001
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. The PrepWebLog.exe file contains the following files:
| File name | Size (bytes) |
|---|---|
| Preplog.opt | 48,640 |
| Preplog.cpp | 1,274 |
| Preplog.plg | 16,779 |
| Preplog.exe | 45,056 |
| Preplog.obj | 1,883 |
| Vc60.idb | 41,984 |
| Preplog.pch | 3,655,472 |
| Preplog.dsp | 3,413 |
| Preplog.dsw | 537 |
| Readme.txt | 203 |
To run the utility, use the following command:
D:\>preplog.exe [name of web log]
The output will go automatically go to STDOUT. Add a file name to direct to a specific output file:
D:\>preplog.exe [name of web log] > [name of output file]
For example, to send the output to a file called "C:\Out.log":
D:\>preplog.exe c:\blah.log > out.log
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