title: How to open the SQL Server Transaction Log File(LDF)?
body: <p>I mean the way to open the LDF file and read/analyze it.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I have ability to extract the backup LDF file, but it seems that the LDF file is SHARE_DENY_READ when the database is working.</p>
  
  <p>But the other 3rd-party software like Lumigent Log Explorer，how could they open the file?Does this kind of software read LDF directly?</p>