Thanks for the link! However I got another novice question. I am having troubles getting sqlsyslogd running. I get this message when I try to make: ogbitch# make cc -O6 -Wall -pipe -I/usr/local/include -DCONF=\"/usr/local/etc/sqlsyslogd.conf\" -L/usr/local/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient sqlsyslogd.c -o sqlsyslogd /usr/local/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so: undefined reference to `strtoll' *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/local/lab. I am running syslog-ng this on freeBSD. I checked to see if libmysqlclient.so is in the correct location and it is: logbitch# ls -la /usr/local/lib/mysql total 984 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Feb 16 20:48 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 1024 Feb 13 15:35 .. -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10542 Jan 23 14:47 libdbug.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 34278 Jan 23 14:48 libheap.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 15138 Jan 23 14:47 libmerge.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 223014 Jan 23 14:47 libmyisam.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 23010 Jan 23 14:48 libmyisammrg.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 187098 Jan 23 07:39 libmysqlclient.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20 Feb 13 15:35 libmysqlclient.so -> libmysqlclient.so.10 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 132453 Jan 23 07:39 libmysqlclient.so.10 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 35136 Jan 23 14:47 libmystrings.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 193874 Jan 23 14:47 libmysys.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 98296 Jan 23 14:47 libnisam.a I am wondering if you or anyone else can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance. - Ajamu