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Asked: 2026-05-16T12:11:08+00:00

I am not sure if the transaction log is what I need or what.

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I am not sure if the transaction log is what I need or what.

My first problem is that I have a stored procedure that inserts some rows. I was just checking out elmah and I see that some sql exceptions happens. They all are the same error(a PK constraint was violated).

Other than that elmah is not telling me much more. So I don’t know what row caused this primary key constraint(I am guessing the same row was for some reason being added twice).

So I am not sure if the the transaction log would tell me what happened and what data was trying to be inserted. I can’t recreate this error it always works for me.

My second problem is for some reason when my page loads up I have a row from that database that I don’t think exists anymore(I have a hidden column with the PK in it.) When I try to find this primary key it does not exist in the database.

I am using ms sql 2005.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t think transaction log will help you.

    SQL 2 modes on how to insert data with uniqueness violation.
    There is a setting : IGNORE_DUP_KEY. By default it is OFF. IF you turn it ON, SQL will ignire duplicate rows and your INSERT statement will succeed.

    You can read about it here:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175132.aspx

    BTW, to view transaction log, you can use this command:

    SELECT * FROM  fn_dblog(null, null)
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