how to read ldf

  • Dear everyone,

    Can i help me to solve my problem?? i want to read my log file, bcz i want to see who performed deletion operation yesterday. and i have only full backup of my database on daily basis...

    i want to get info from log file .ldf. how it is possible??

    Thanks !!

    Noman

  • This is really tricky to get the information you want without using a 3rd party product. There are several of these on the market (e.g. Lumigent Log Explorer, Redgate SQL Log Analyzer).

    There is an UNDOCUMENTED command in SQLServer to display log records - DBCC LOG - but the output is not very user-friendly, and probably won't show you exactly what you want.

    http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid87_gci1173464,00.html

  • your best bet is to set up some triggers and audit tables to capture some operations for future auditing

  • Yes definitly we have set some plan for our future.

    but the question was about the past. How can i read my log (ldf) file.????

  • Lumigent Log Explorer can help.

  • Log PI from Golden Gate, Log Explorer from Lumigent, Apex Log from Apex, or Log Rescue from Red Gate can help you out if you save off the log backups.

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