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Author
11 May 2007 2:54 PM
Egghead
Hi here,

I am a developer, not DBA, and we need to develop an in-house tool to update
database records at remote site. I understand we can use replication.
However, it does not work as we like and does not suit our need. Therefore,
I believe transaction log is our answer. My Q is that does any third party
library (control or dll) to "decode" the transaction log?

Any idea??

--
cheers,
RL

Author
11 May 2007 5:22 PM
TheSQLGuru
ApexSQL has a Log product that would be perfect for what you need.  Lumigent
has an outdated one as well, and I think Red Gate is playing in that space
too.  Apex is the only one that I know of that is SQL 2005 capable however.

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TheSQLGuru
President
Indicium Resources, Inc.

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"Egghead" <robertlo@NO_SHAW.CA> wrote in message
news:OipSAx9kHHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi here,
>
> I am a developer, not DBA, and we need to develop an in-house tool to
> update database records at remote site. I understand we can use
> replication. However, it does not work as we like and does not suit our
> need. Therefore, I believe transaction log is our answer. My Q is that
> does any third party library (control or dll) to "decode" the transaction
> log?
>
> Any idea??
>
> --
> cheers,
> RL
>
Author
11 May 2007 5:36 PM
Egghead
Hi here,

Thanks.
We are using SQL 2K.

The problem is that those products are application, not library. I need a
control or dll to embedding in my application.

--
cheers,
RL
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"TheSQLGuru" <kgbo***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:unVsCE$kHHA.2272@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> ApexSQL has a Log product that would be perfect for what you need.
> Lumigent has an outdated one as well, and I think Red Gate is playing in
> that space too.  Apex is the only one that I know of that is SQL 2005
> capable however.
>
> --
> TheSQLGuru
> President
> Indicium Resources, Inc.
>
> "Egghead" <robertlo@NO_SHAW.CA> wrote in message
> news:OipSAx9kHHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi here,
>>
>> I am a developer, not DBA, and we need to develop an in-house tool to
>> update database records at remote site. I understand we can use
>> replication. However, it does not work as we like and does not suit our
>> need. Therefore, I believe transaction log is our answer. My Q is that
>> does any third party library (control or dll) to "decode" the transaction
>> log?
>>
>> Any idea??
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> RL
>>
>
>
Author
12 May 2007 3:00 AM
TheSQLGuru
ApexSQL Log has a fairly robust command line capability.  Send them an email
and see if that will do for you.  Also ask if they have or plan to provide
an API you can program against.  Tell Ivan TheSQLGuru sent you. :-)

--
TheSQLGuru
President
Indicium Resources, Inc.

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"Egghead" <robertlo@NO_SHAW.CA> wrote in message
news:O2FYvL$kHHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi here,
>
> Thanks.
> We are using SQL 2K.
>
> The problem is that those products are application, not library. I need a
> control or dll to embedding in my application.
>
> --
> cheers,
> RL
> "TheSQLGuru" <kgbo***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:unVsCE$kHHA.2272@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> ApexSQL has a Log product that would be perfect for what you need.
>> Lumigent has an outdated one as well, and I think Red Gate is playing in
>> that space too.  Apex is the only one that I know of that is SQL 2005
>> capable however.
>>
>> --
>> TheSQLGuru
>> President
>> Indicium Resources, Inc.
>>
>> "Egghead" <robertlo@NO_SHAW.CA> wrote in message
>> news:OipSAx9kHHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi here,
>>>
>>> I am a developer, not DBA, and we need to develop an in-house tool to
>>> update database records at remote site. I understand we can use
>>> replication. However, it does not work as we like and does not suit our
>>> need. Therefore, I believe transaction log is our answer. My Q is that
>>> does any third party library (control or dll) to "decode" the
>>> transaction log?
>>>
>>> Any idea??
>>>
>>> --
>>> cheers,
>>> RL
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Author
13 May 2007 6:57 PM
Erland Sommarskog
Egghead (robertlo@NO_SHAW.CA) writes:
> I am a developer, not DBA, and we need to develop an in-house tool to
> update database records at remote site. I understand we can use
> replication. However, it does not work as we like and does not suit our
> need. Therefore, I believe transaction log is our answer. My Q is that
> does any third party library (control or dll) to "decode" the
> transaction log?

I am skeptic to that is the right path to go. After replication is dependent
on the transaction log, so if that does not cut it...

I would suggest that you ask the friendly people in
microsoft.public.sqlserver.replication for suggestions on how to approach
your problem. Obviously, you would have to give more details that what
you have given here.


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