• There's no easy way to read the tran log. You can use fn_dblog or you can buy a log reader (~$1000). Note for either to be useful the transaction you're trying to read needs to be part of the active portion of the log (no checkpoint/log backup since)

    What are you trying to do anyway?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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