Add a custom property to include in all log4net messages

Question

I have a unique identifier which goes through the whole application. I want this 'ID' to be logged as a separate property, so that it's easy to find out in log files or from the database.

Solution

You can use context properties e.g. like this:

ThreadContext.Properties["ID"] = yourID;

then you can access the property in the pattern string like this:

%property{ID}