audit/history without use of triggers?

Hi

I am looking to implement an audit/history table/tables but am looking
at doing this without the use of triggers.
The reason for doing this is that the application is highly
transactional and speed in critical areas is important.

I am worried that triggers would slow things down.

I am more used to other database where by there is a utility to "dump"
the contents of the transaction logs and use this for auditing
purposes. However SQL Server does not have this functionality (unless
there is a sql server tool - 3rd party that I do not know about)

Has anyone implemented something similar? Or used/using a 3rd party
tool that will do this job.

Effectively the clients would like to "look" at what happened - say 15
minutes ago.

thanks
john"John Pan" <panjo03@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dc85ec7c.0311261223.48827012@.posting.google.c om...
> Hi
> I am looking to implement an audit/history table/tables but am looking
> at doing this without the use of triggers.
> The reason for doing this is that the application is highly
> transactional and speed in critical areas is important.
> I am worried that triggers would slow things down.
> I am more used to other database where by there is a utility to "dump"
> the contents of the transaction logs and use this for auditing
> purposes. However SQL Server does not have this functionality (unless
> there is a sql server tool - 3rd party that I do not know about)
> Has anyone implemented something similar? Or used/using a 3rd party
> tool that will do this job.
> Effectively the clients would like to "look" at what happened - say 15
> minutes ago.
> thanks
> john

There's nothing in SQL Server itself, but there is at least one third party
product available which looks like it may meet your requirements:

http://www.lumigent.com/products/entegra/entegra.htm

Simon|||thanks Simon for your reply - I'll have a look at entegra

regards|||John:

Check out these products:

http://www.apexsql.com/index_lognavigator.htm

http://www.lumigent.com/products/le_sql/le_sql.htm

HTH,

BZ

panjo03@.hotmail.com (John Pan) wrote in message news:<dc85ec7c.0311261223.48827012@.posting.google.com>...
> Hi
> I am looking to implement an audit/history table/tables but am looking
> at doing this without the use of triggers.
> The reason for doing this is that the application is highly
> transactional and speed in critical areas is important.
> I am worried that triggers would slow things down.
> I am more used to other database where by there is a utility to "dump"
> the contents of the transaction logs and use this for auditing
> purposes. However SQL Server does not have this functionality (unless
> there is a sql server tool - 3rd party that I do not know about)
> Has anyone implemented something similar? Or used/using a 3rd party
> tool that will do this job.
> Effectively the clients would like to "look" at what happened - say 15
> minutes ago.
> thanks
> john