error log

  • Is it ok to look at the error log in notepad?

  • Sure. It's just a text file. You won't be able to save it, but then you shouldn't make changes to it.

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  • You can also look at the errorlog by executing this T-SQL statement:

    exec master..xp_readerrorlog

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