Hi.
I have made some enquiries as to the possibility / ease of accessing the Transaction Log from Sql Server.
It would appear that Microsoft do not provide any tools to do this, and any such tools must be purchased from Third parties
I have identified about 4 of these, all of which vary in cost.

One of the main selling points of Sql Server seems to be this Transaction Log ... everything is Logged, complete Auditability and so on.
Then you discover that the devloper of the product (i.e. Microsoft) does not provide the tools to access this data easily ???

Sounds a bit like saying that a new house you are going to buy has a super duper bathroom , but you can never use it

Am I missing out something here ???

Any comments apprecaited
Regards,
Gerard