SQL Server – How to read the SQL Server Error log files using TSQL

There is undocumented system stored procedure sp_readerrorlog which allows us to read the SQL Server error log files directly using T-SQL. This procedure has total 7 parameters as given below: Parameter Values First Parameter Value of error log file you want to read: 0 = current, 1 = Archive #1, 2 = Archive #2, etc. Second Parameter Log file type : 1 – Reads SQL Server error logs, 2 – Reads SQL Server Agent error logs Third Parameter Search string

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