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which type of data or objects stored in mdf and logfiles

  • May 29, 2011 at 3:25 am

    #145607

    hi,

    I have not get much clarity on mdf files and logfile.I want to know the

    MDF files which type of data can store ? and

    LDF files which type fo trasaction can store ?

    Plz tell me as detail

    Thanks.

    D.Giri.

  • May 29, 2011 at 4:23 am

    #1331417

    Not sure what you're looking for...

    The mdf (and ndfs if present) store all the data that's within the DB. That's all tables, all indexes, etc

    The ldf stored the records of modifications of those objects.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

  • May 29, 2011 at 10:50 am

    #1331449

    Gail's summary is spot on. For more information, start at the following URL...

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179316.aspx

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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