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Crispin Proctor

Posted Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:37 AM

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Hi All,

I'm looking for a log explorer and am stuck between LogPI and Lumigent Log Explorer.

I am tending towards LogPI but have no solid reason why. Maybe I like their graphics more

Anyone got an opinion?

One or the other?

Cheers,
Crispin

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Post #172151

Posted Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:37 PM

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I haven't tried LogPI and when I purchased Log Explorer, I don't think LogPI existed so I never compared them side to side. That said, I will say that Lumigent provided excellent support on the very few occasions that we needed it, so I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them...

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Post #172252

Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:42 PM

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I am trying both at the moment and like Log PI. Both have pros and cons. Log explorer has notification, indexing on search, more instance captured etc.

On the other hand Log PI has much much better GUI and easy to understand and use. It allows to filter to the row level which, log explorer is missing.

Log Explorer uses host server whereas Log PI installs its own MSDE version.

Honestly, Log Explorer is more stable but Log PI isn't far behind specially if we consider that it is only been around for little over one year.

Log PI has some new imporvements comming in next version including notificatio and faster search. If they deliver what they say then I prefer Log PI.

Best of all it costs much less then Log Explorer.

Above views are my own and should not be considered as conclusion. No offence.

Thanks,

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frank singleton-130084

Posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:29 PM

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You might want to take a look at ApexSQL Log. Similar to both Log PI and Log Explorer but costs much less, especially Explorer. ApexSQL has a Command Line interface which is nice, and they too have great support. We are happy.

Frank-

Post #176636

Posted Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:56 PM

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Frank,

I did installed and I run in to ADO problem to begin with. Apex SQL does not support ADO 2.5 (Win 2K) and I use Win 2K. I then did bit of google and gained necessary knowledge. I then downloaded ADO 2.8 and installed. Now, I was able to complete installation.

Then, Apex SQL couldn't connect to my server. I read help, forum etc but no help. I contacted Apex SQL support and they referred me to one of the thread in their forum. I read the referred thread but wasn’t much helpful. I gave up.

Other two products had no ADO issues and were able to find all the servers on network without problem.

I then installed it at my home machine and done bit of test. Other two products were able to find the create and drop commands I performed but for some reason Apex SQL couldn't.

I gave up then.

Don't take this as conclusion. I am merely sharing my experience. May be it is me, and nothing wrong with product.

Thanks,

Roshan Patel

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Andrew Grenfell

Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 7:05 AM

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I'm trying to look into the options for log-reading software; I've seen log explorer, logpi, apex log and also red gate. Does anyone know any other products that do the job? Is there something from imceda?

Thanks,

Andrew

Post #221524

Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:02 AM

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Roshan,

sorry for your bad luck

what was the thread you were referring too? I'm unaware of ApexSQL Log not being able to connect servers. I'd be interested to follow this path as there are 3 issues here (ADO 2.5, not connecting to servers and not finding drop commands) that I'm personally unaware of. You can post here on forum if you want, our forum etc but I'd be interested to here some specifics of this. I'd be interested to hear of version or general date that u used the product. We have 1.85 out now.

What were the other two products?

thx - Brian

Brian Lockwood
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Post #222671

Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:02 PM

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Brian,

Thanks for the response but its too late. I don't remember any specifics at the moment as the testing I was performing was in month of April this year.

The other two products I was testing were Log PI and Log Explorer.

Thanks,

Post #222884

Posted Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:37 PM

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this forum just ate my previous attempt at reply ...

anyway - thx for reply - i don't remember the specifics either which is a bit strange since i'm normally alerted to low level problems like this. We're going to try and track down your name on forum and see if we can locate the thread.

The ADO 2.8 thing in particular perplexes me as this software's engine predates ADO 2.8. There is nothing .net in this app. code base is C++. Are u sure you needed ADO 2.8 for ApexSQL Log?

Current version is 1.85 - we've had quite a few updates since April. My guess is that if these issues existed they are resolved - we have no open issues related to any of three items you mention.

Brian Lockwood
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Post #222897

Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 7:16 PM

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Roshan,

I'd be curious to hear how your testing went. Log PI is no longer, gobbled up along the acquisition buffet. Log Explorer has not had a new relaese in yeras and looks like they might not get to it anytime soon. Still not up on 2005. What was your experience? Thanks.

Curtis

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