Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

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 ...

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target.

Let's look at an example. Fig. 1 shows a simple data flow that loads data from a flat file, called NewStores.txt, to a table in SQL Server called Stores_Staging. Fig. 2.

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Delete corrupt Event Viewer Log files in Windows Server Event Viewer logs can become corrupted for several reasons, including unexpected system shutdowns, malware attacks, or hardware failures.

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Rubrik disclosed last month that one of its servers hosting log files was breached, causing the company to rotate potentially leaked authentication keys.