Logging functionality not working ASP.NET C#

Question

My log4net stopped working and just won't start again!

My web.config file:

<configSections>
    <section name="log4net"
             type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
</configSections>
<log4net>
    <appender name="FileAppender"
          type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender" >
        <encoding value="utf-8" />
        <lockingModel value="MinimalLock" />
        <file value="App_Data\Logs\Test-log.txt" />
        <appendToFile value="true" />
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
            <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] – %message%newline" />
        </layout>
    </appender>
    <root>
        <level value="All" />
        <appender-ref ref="FileAppender" />
    </root>
</log4net>

The class that uses it:

using log4net;

public class Connection
{
  private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Connection));

My Global.asax

void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{
    // Code that runs on application startup
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(new System.IO.FileInfo(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "log4net.config"));

}

Why is the below executing but not logging/creating a logfile even? The output window isn't throwing any errors.

 log.Debug("Entering Function: Insert_PatientTable");

Answer 1

Try placing your code from Application_Start into Session_Start. Application_Start is only run the first time your site is called after the corresponding ApplicationPool started. Session_Start is called for every user.