#configuring the custom logger log4j.logger.com.apress.logging.log4j=DEBUG, DB log4j.appender.DB=org.apache.log4j.jdbc.JDBCAppender log4j.appender.DB.URL=jdbc:odbc:dbdef log4j.appender.DB.user=system log4j.appender.DB.password=manager log4j.appender.DB.sql=INSERT INTO LOGGING_DATA VALUES('%x','%d{yyyy-MM-dd}','%C','%p','%m')