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  • The undocumented function to read the log is fn_dblog. It's a table-valued function (hence used in a select statement), takes two parameters, start LSN and end LSN, both can be null.

    It's completely undocumented, so good luck interpreting it.

    You won't find host names in there, it's a transaction log, not an audit log

    Gail Shaw
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