• Duncan Pryde (2/17/2011)


    Essentially the Bulk Logged recovery model is the same as the Full recovery model except that some operations are minimally logged. As long as none of those operations happen, you effectively have a database in the Full recovery model.

    Thanks for the code.

    For all purposes then you should not rely on bulk-logged recovery model if you want point-in-time restore for any transaction. Even though you can in some situations do it, you still can't do it at anytime. If you want to guarantee or greatly depend on being able to do a point-in-time recovery your best option would be to choose Full recovery model. If you don't mind loosing some data then bulk-logged could be used.

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