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 ...

If the SQL Server account permissions and configuration are modified incorrectly, it can impact the log files Troubleshooting methods to rebuild SQL database if Log File gets corrupted Follow the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 have visions of regularly dumping and clearing Windows event logs and storing them in the medium-long term in a SQL database.Why? So I can query them -"Show me all previous occurances of this ...

Let us see how to fix the issue. Windows could not start the SQL Server (<DB-NAME>) on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log.