Hi,

I just want to point you to a free tool for monitoring the SQL Log files.

It is Log Parser currently in v2.2 form Microsoft.

It is using a query engine and can read all kinds of log files and event logs.

It can output to the SQL database so you can build your own reporting on top.

SQL server uses the event log too for sending info so it is not enough to look into the logs but also into the Event log (I ussually start from there).

It would be interesting if you investigate the tool against those $1000 bucks tools.

Florin