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TransactionLog Event Class

Use the TransactionLog event class to monitor activity in the transaction logs in an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine.

TransactionLog Event Class Data Columns

Data column name

Data type

Description

Column ID

Filterable

ApplicationName

nvarchar

Name of the client application that created the connection to an instance of SQL Server. This column is populated with the values passed by the application rather than the displayed name of the program.

10

Yes

BinaryData

image

Binary value dependent on the event class captured in the trace.

2

Yes

ClientProcessID

int

ID assigned by the host computer to the process where the client application is running. This data column is populated if the client provides the client process.

9

Yes

DatabaseID

int

ID of the database where the data is being logged.

3

Yes

DatabaseName

nvarchar

Name of the database in which the user statement is running.

35

Yes

EventClass

int

Type of event = 54.

27

No

EventSequence

int

Sequence of a given event within the request.

51

No

EventSubClass

int

Type of event subclass.

21

Yes

GroupID

int

ID of the workload group where the SQL Trace event fires.

66

Yes

HostName

nvarchar

Name of the computer on which the client is running. This data column is populated if the client provides the host name. To determine the host name, use the HOST_NAME function.

8

Yes

IndexID

int

ID for the index on the object affected by the event. To determine the index ID for an object, use the index_id column of the sys.indexes catalog view.

24

Yes

IntegerData

int

Integer value dependent on the event class captured in the trace.

25

Yes

IsSystem

int

Indicates whether the event occurred on a system process or a user process. 1 = system, 0 = user.

60

Yes

LoginName

nvarchar

Name of the login of the user (either SQL Server security login or the Microsoft Windows login credentials in the form of DOMAIN\username).

11

Yes

LoginSid

image

Security identifier (SID) of the logged-in user. You can find this information in the sys.server_principals catalog view. Each SID is unique for each login in the server.

41

Yes

NTDomainName

nvarchar

Windows domain to which the user belongs.

7

Yes

NTUserName

nvarchar

Windows user name.

6

Yes

ObjectID

int

System-assigned ID of the object.

22

Yes

RequestID

int

ID of the request containing the statement.

49

Yes

ServerName

nvarchar

Name of the instance of SQL Server being traced.

26

No

SessionLoginName

nvarchar

Login name of the user who originated the session. For example, if you connect to SQL Server using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, SessionLoginName shows Login1 and LoginName shows Login2. This column displays both SQL Server and Windows logins.

64

Yes

SPID

int

ID of the session on which the event occurred.

12

Yes

StartTime

datetime

Time at which the event started, if available.

14

Yes

TransactionID

bigint

System-assigned ID of the transaction.

4

Yes