>Gar,
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>>In the documentation on transaction log backups, it looks like using a transaction log is straightforward when combined with a database backup.That is first you restore the database (full or full+differetial) then apply the transaction log backup. (If this is not as easy as it sounds please comment).
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>>But what I don't see anything on is how you can use the transaction log to undo a single transaction which has been committed. Suppose, for example someone did an update with no where clause - wiping out a column of data? A transaction log for that update exists. How do we use the transaction log to get the data back for that column?
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>If you know the time that the update was committed, you can restore the final transaction log up to a point in time using the STOP AT clause.
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>Hope this helps
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>Cheers
>Steve Lea

Thanks

Gar