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Settings.DefaultLog Property

Gets or sets the default log file directory for the instance of Microsoft SQL Server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute> _
Public Property DefaultLog As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Settings
Dim value As String

value = instance.DefaultLog

instance.DefaultLog = value

[SfcPropertyAttribute]
public string DefaultLog { get; set; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute]
public:
property String^ DefaultLog {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute>]
member DefaultLog : string with get, set

function get DefaultLog () : String
function set DefaultLog (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value that specifies the default log file directory for the instance of SQL Server.

Remarks

The default log file directory is where the log files are stored on the instance of SQL Server unless otherwise specified in the FileName property. This directory contains the .ldf transaction log files. This is set to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10\MSSQL\Data by default.