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 ...

Under SQL Server 7.0, for example, you can specify that logins — both successful and failed — be written to the Windows 2000 (or Windows NT) application log, which you view using the Event Viewer.

I would like to know how transaction log size is managed. I now know after some reading that I can checkpoint the database in order to allow dirty pages to write from ram to disk.I also know now ...

So I'm trying to figure out when I should be backing my transaction logs relative to my full/diffs. It seems like right after would be when I'd want to have the checkpoint happen, or does it ...

Both SQL Server and Azure SQL use the transaction log to replay operations from the last known good state, analyzing the log to determine the state of all recorded transactions, redoing committed ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...