Help! My SQL Server Log File is too big!!! Your email has been sent Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

In the past, the question of how to perform auditing under SQL Server has had a simple answer: Do it yourself. But now, SQL Server 2000 has eased the burden of auditing by introducing an extensive and ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

I mentioned NetIQ's new SQL Management Suite of integrated SQL Server management products last issue. This time around, I got the chance to give it a spin. Here are some impressions of the new pieces ...

I've set up a Full-Text Catalog on a table in our MS SQL Server 2000 database. I ran a full population job to initialize the catalog after setting it up. I then created a schedule to run a daily ...