Question

We have a winform app, all the SQL is inline and no stored procedure is used unfortunately.

What is the best way to keep a trail of what action (INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE) is performed against a SQL table, monitor and capture a record of the activity going on in a single table.

I know SQL server profiler is available but ideally I don’t want to keep the profiler running all the time, what I need is something running behind the scenes and capturing all the activity for one table.

I thought of using triggers but there are some disadvantages of using it so I was wondering if there are other options?

Thanks

Answer 1

If you’re using SQL Server 2008 (and up), Change Data Capture sounds like a good place to start:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb522489(v=sql.105).aspx