Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

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).

Product Reviews. 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 ...

I call it an essential tool for the SQL Server 7.0 or SQL Server 2000 DBA whose users make mistakes. As far as I know, that would be *every* DBA out there. SQL Server, of course, keeps track of ...