FILE: PrepWebLog Utility Prepares IIS Logs for SQL Bulk Insert (296093)

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:

PrepWebLog.exe

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