Log Reader

  • Does anybody know exactly how log reading utilities like Lumigent Log Explorer, Apex SQL Log, etc. work?  I'm familiar with DBCC Log but that doesn't really give you much.

    We're looking at writing an inhouse utility read online and offline transaction logs.

  • Did you try it dbcc log setting output to type=4 which will give you full information about each operation plus hexadecimal dump of the current transaction log's row. 

    But for a couple of hundred bucks log explorer is the way to go.  Its going to take you a lot more man hrs to develope it in house. 

  • I agree with vik.  These tools are pretty cheap and I don't imagine anyone whose figured out how to make them work would be anxious to give away the secret.

    Greg

    Greg

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