SQL SERVER – Reading Transaction Log to Identified Who Dropped a Table

The other day I received a distress email from a user who wanted to find out who has dropped a table or column from their database. During the On Demand (55 minutes) consultation, not only I was able to help them with restoring their lost data but also was able to find out which user had actually dropped their table “accidentally”. We were lucky enough that the user had a database in full recovery model, hence their transaction log recorded every detail needed.

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SQL SERVER – Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly

One of my famous offerings is Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check where we always go over various SQL Server and database level properties. Lots of people do not know that there are quite a few SQL Server and database level settings which can help us improve our SQL Server performance many folds. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix the error about Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly.

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