Disaster recovery through log file alone?

A collegue (really not me ;) has accidentally emptied a table in one of his
databases by making a simple typing error in a query, only to notice after
it happened that he had forgotten to create a backup schedule for that
database.
He has full recovery enabled the log has never been shrunk, so all his data
should still be present there.
Is there any way to use that log file to get his data back up to the point
where he emptied the table?
Automatic recovery would restore everything including the deletion, so what
we need is something like the 'STOPAT' option from RESTORE LOG, except that
there's no backup so RESTORE LOG is out of the question.
Or isn't it?
hi,
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> A collegue (really not me ;) has accidentally emptied a table in one
> of his databases by making a simple typing error in a query, only to
> notice after it happened that he had forgotten to create a backup
> schedule for that database.
> He has full recovery enabled the log has never been shrunk, so all
> his data should still be present there.
> Is there any way to use that log file to get his data back up to the
> point where he emptied the table?
> Automatic recovery would restore everything including the deletion,
> so what we need is something like the 'STOPAT' option from RESTORE
> LOG, except that there's no backup so RESTORE LOG is out of the
> question.
> Or isn't it?
as you do not have a backup to restore from, you are aout of luck with
standard SQL Server tools... but..
but Lumigent has a tool, Log Explorer,
http://www.lumigent.com/products/le_sql.html, which can be of interest..
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
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|||On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:23:50 +0100, "Andrea Montanari"
<andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote:

> as you do not have a backup to restore from, you are aout of luck with
> standard SQL Server tools... but..
> but Lumigent has a tool, Log Explorer,
> http://www.lumigent.com/products/le_sql.html, which can be of interest..
Thanks.
I passed it on, but I wonder if his data are going to be worth the $1850
price tag of the product ;)
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> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:23:50 +0100, "Andrea Montanari"
> <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote:
>
> Thanks.
> I passed it on, but I wonder if his data are going to be worth the
> $1850 price tag of the product ;)
:D
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
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