sql server - Disable Transaction Log

Question

Oracle has SQL commands that one can issue so that a transaction does not get logged. Is there something similar for SQL Server 2008?

My scenario: We need Tx logs on servers (Dev, QA, Prod), but maybe we can do without them on developer machines.

Answer 1

You can't do without transaction logs in SQL Server, under any circumstances. The engine simply won't function.

You CAN set your recovery model to SIMPLE on your dev machines - that will prevent transaction log bloating when tran log backups aren't done.

ALTER DATABASE MyDB SET RECOVERY SIMPLE;