Distributed transactions are one of the more powerful and important functions within SQL Server. A distributed transaction is just like any other transaction within the SQL Server database ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The SQL specification defines four transaction isolation levels, although a fifth transaction ...

In this article we’ll examine how transaction logs are used in Microsoft SQL Server, maintenance and potential problems with them, how they can be used to restore a database, and finally ...

but offers something that many SQL Server professionals have wanted for years—the ability to disable transaction logging. Why turn off the transaction log? It is the main guarantor of transactional ...