Enable Logging in ZappySys ODBC Driver / Data Gateway / Turn on System ODBC Tracing

If you are using ZappySys ODBC Drivers or a Data Gateway connection and you would like to enable logging for troubleshooting purposes, then follow these steps.

Enable Logging in ZappySys ODBC Driver

  1. To enable log in any ODBC driver, goto ODBC DSN.
  2. Choose Advanced
  3. Under the Log section, enter the Log file path and choose Mode. Do not choose Info level unless you have to. It may generate a log of logs and slows down read/write operations.

ZappySys ODBC Driver - Logging Options

Enable Logging in ZappySys Data Gateway

There two different logs you can enable in Gateway. If you care to log connectivity log / IP / Host etc from where connection being made then turn on Gateway level service log. If you care about URL / Headers / SQL Query etc then turn on Data source level log.

Enable Gateway Level Service Log

Enable Gateway Level Service Log

Enable Data Source Level Log in Gateway

Enable System level Tracing for any ODBC Driver (Very Slow)

If you wish to see every ODBC System call from any driver on your system then you can turn on System Level Log (Very Slow)

  1. First go to ODBC Administrator and go to the Tracing Tab.
  2. Enter log file path.
  3. Check machine wide if your app is running ODBC calls from service account / other user context.
  4. Click OK to start tracing.

Turn off logging if not needed to speed up the ODBC calls and save disk space.

ODBC Tracing - System Level Option