I need a program

[grandpa]

My web host maintains a continous log file. This is a new host - the previous host broke those logs into daily files.
So I download this 15MB file and guess what, it won't load into Excel, or more specifically only the first 65K lines or so will load. After that, obviously, nada.

I can load this file into Wordpad, but it takes 20 minutes to scroll 1/3 way thru the file just to save a portion off and rebuild everything later.

Does anyone know a better way? I don't want to lose my hosting company statistics, they are pretty good. But if they change my logging to give me managable chunks of data, I will lose those statistics.

All I want is the ability to track the occasional event on my web site, preferrably with the Office products that I have available - Excel, Access.

[ncw164x]

textpad is good for large files

it's free to evaluate (full working copy) but if you carry on using it a pop up box appears every now and then asking for payment.

[grandpa]

Thanks,

I grab a copy a give it a try.

[plumsauce]

look for:

LOG FILE PARSER

from Microsoft as a free download

understands most log file formats
as input, can do sql queries against
the log file and output in various formats
including stuffing it into a sql server.