R6 http activity logging process

We’ve been looking into web logging, and were told by some guru or other that R6 can create a ‘better’ log than the domlog or standard text file logs that were used in R5 and previously.I had a wander through the admin help, and this wonderful log does apparently exist!

Set up html logging in the main log database using a switch in the server document, then run an administration task that takes the (hidden) html log entries from the main log.nsf server file and generates a log analysis database (loga4.nsf by default)

This is all new to me, and I was wondering if:

a) it was possible to automate the generation of the loga4 database?

b) it was possible to output the log to text rather than create a database without using the C API?

I’m also still at a loss as to why this method of logging is ‘better’ than the previous (automated) text file method, so anyone who can sing it’s praises in a meaningful way, please tell me!