When SQL Server is restarted, it looks for the most recent checkpoint in the transaction log and rolls forward all transactions that have occurred from that point forward since it is not ...

I would like to ask about transaction log backups. I have a transaction log that is around 16gigs I have started to do full database backups every night. To my understanding a full database backup ...

SQL Server 2012 then borrowed this columnar processing technique for its own use. As an example of how the new SQL Server could speed performance, Kelly explained how a retail chain could benefit ...

Log Explorer unlocks your SQL Server Transaction Logs. A must-have tool for the professional DBA. By Mike Gunderloy; 01/09/2002; Lumigent calls this application a "transaction analysis and data ...

SQL Server 2012 then borrowed this columnar processing technique for its own use. As an example of how the new SQL Server could speed performance, Kelly explained how a retail chain could benefit ...

SQL Server then assumes that the log flush will eventually happen and, unless you change the default, will push log records to the transaction log as the default 60KB log buffer chunk fills up. (You ...

Using the Transact SQL ALTER DATABASE statement to shrink the transaction log file. Open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and click Query Analyzer to open the Query Analyzer window.

If the transaction log and database are in the same device you can't do a transaction log dump. In this case you need do a Truncate Log on Checkpoint.

If the transaction log file is corrupted or missing, you need to restore it. In this article, we’ll discuss how to rebuild SQL database when log file is corrupt. Causes for Corrupt SQL Transactional ...

SQL Server, of course, keeps track of everything that affects data in a transaction log, which is periodically rolled over into backup files (at least, if you're being a conscientious DBA it is).