Showing posts with label Read Transaction Log Data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Read Transaction Log Data. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

How to read transaction log data in SQL Server 2000/2005?

 


We can't read the transaction logs directly from SQL Server. Some products do allow you to read the logs, such as:

* Apex SQL Log (Works with MSSQL2000 and MSSQL2005)
* Log Explorer
* SQL Log Rescue (Only work with the SQL Server 2000)

The below undocumented DBCC command is working in both SQL Server 2000 & SQL Server 2005

DBCC LOG(<database name>[,{0|1|2|3|4}])
0 - Basic Log Information (default)
1 - Lengthy Info
2 - Very Length Info
3 - Detailed
4 - Full Example
Syntax:
DBCC log (MY_DB, 4)

Another undocumented command is DBCC LOGINFO