SQL Server 2012 then borrowed this columnar processing technique for its own use. As an example of how the new SQL Server could speed performance, Kelly explained how a retail chain could benefit ...

Learn what a transaction is in SQL, what are its properties, how to start and end a transaction, and how to handle errors and conflicts. Plus, see some examples of transactions in SQL.

We normally think of distributed transactions just within the scope of a SQL Server transaction. However, you can also put things like file system access by a .NET application within a distributed ...

SQL Server 2012 then borrowed this columnar processing technique for its own use. As an example of how the new SQL Server could speed performance, Kelly explained how a retail chain could benefit ...

SQL Server keeps a buffer of all of the changes to data for performance reasons. It writes items to the transaction log immediately, but does not write changes to the data file immediately.

You really didn't read the post did you?<BR><BR>It's not that I'm not doing backups, I'm just not sure how often teh transaction logs should be backed up, and relative to when the full/diff is run ...

But SQL Server itself provides you with no way to see what's in the transaction log. If something goes wrong with your database, you can restore from a backup -- but there's no way to see in ...