Database formats available in Kiwi Syslog Server — Legacy

When you add an action to log messages to a database, you can choose any of the following standard database formats:

• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft SQL
• MySQL
• Oracle

You can also create a custom database format.

The following sections describe the table columns used to store message field values. If you choose to create the table manually before you add a Log to Database action, use the table design for the selected database type.

Default Microsoft Access database table design

Field	Name	Type	Size
Date	MSGDATE	Date	10
Time	MSGTIME	Time	8
Priority	MSGPRIORITY	Text	30
Hostname	MSGHOSTNAME	Text	255
Message text	MSGTEXT	Memo	1024

Default Microsoft SQL and generic SQL database table design

Field	Name	Type	Size
Date	MSGDATE	Date	10
Time	MSGTIME	Time	8
Priority	MSGPRIORITY	VarChar	30
Hostname	MSGHOSTNAME	VarChar	255
Message text	MSGTEXT	VarChar	1024

Default MySQL database table design

Field	Name	Type	Size
Date	MSGDATE	Date	10
Time	MSGTIME	Time	8
Priority	MSGPRIORITY	VarChar	30
Hostname	MSGHOSTNAME	VarChar	255
Message text	MSGTEXT	Text	1024

Default Oracle database table design

Field	Name	Type	Size
Date	MSGDATE	Date	10
Time	MSGTIME	Time	8
Priority	MSGPRIORITY	VarChar2	30
Hostname	MSGHOSTNAME	VarChar2	255
Message text	MSGTEXT	VarChar2	1024