MSSQL 2000 Restore - can I roll back Transaction Logs

Not sure if this is possible, but a client wants to now if we can use a
backup we made on 2/24
and then pull transaction out of the database using the daily
transaction log backups to get the database to be an effective copy of
what it looked like on 2/13/06.
We have all the daily transaction logs up to today and the 2/24/06 is
the latest backup we have.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
RegardsNo. You need a full backup as a starting point BEFORE the desired target
date. Transaction logs are write-ahead, I.E. they log new data, not old.
Logs can thus be rolled forward but not backwards.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
<raekwon2112@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure if this is possible, but a client wants to now if we can use a
> backup we made on 2/24
> and then pull transaction out of the database using the daily
> transaction log backups to get the database to be an effective copy of
> what it looked like on 2/13/06.
> We have all the daily transaction logs up to today and the 2/24/06 is
> the latest backup we have.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Regards
>|||Technical correction for the fussy. The logs do contain roll-back
information, but the restore/recovery process is a forward-only one.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior Database Administrator
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> No. You need a full backup as a starting point BEFORE the desired target
> date. Transaction logs are write-ahead, I.E. they log new data, not old.
> Logs can thus be rolled forward but not backwards.
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> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior Database Administrator
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
> <raekwon2112@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>|||<raekwon2112@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Not sure if this is possible, but a client wants to now if we can use a
> backup we made on 2/24
> and then pull transaction out of the database using the daily
> transaction log backups to get the database to be an effective copy of
> what it looked like on 2/13/06.
> We have all the daily transaction logs up to today and the 2/24/06 is
> the latest backup we have.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Regards
>
See the topic "How to Restore to a Point In Time" in Books Online.
You need to restore the latest full backup dated BEFORE 2/13/06 with NO
RECOVERY option, followed by the sequence of transaction log backups
covering that date.
David Portas, SQL Server MVP
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Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps.
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of any error messages.
SQL Server Books Online:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms130214(en-US,SQL.90).aspx
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