Hello, im quite a newbie to syslog-ng but what i basicly want to do is to log syslog messages from routers in to a mysql database, and i have some problems with the configuration file so please help me. The config file: *********************************************** options { long_hostnames(on); sync(0); }; source src_udp {udp(131.97.91.56) port(514); internal; }; destination d_mysql { pipe("/tmp/mysql.pipe"template("INSERT INTO logs (host, facility, priority,level, tag, date,time,program, msg) VALUES ( '$HOST', '$FACILITY','$PRIORITY', '$LEVEL', '$TAG','$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY', '$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC', '$PROGRAM','$MSG' );\n") templa te-escape(yes));}; log { source(src_udp); destination(d_mysql); }; *********************************************** and i get this when i try to run it, *********************************************** [root@guardian-angel syslog-ng]# syslog-ng start parse error at 3 Parse error reading configuration file, exiting. (line 3) [root@guardian-angel syslog-ng]# _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail