So this is the code I tried, in C #, that didn't give me the result I want.

SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand("exec sys.xp_readerrorlog 0,1,'','',@StartDate,@EndDate,N'Desc'");, conn);
comm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@StartDate", "");
comm.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EndDate", "");

SqlDataReader dr = comm.ExecuteReader();

while (dr.Read())
{
    Console.WriteLine(dr.GetString(0));
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Basically, I need to fetch data from these logs (which is retrieved from SQL Server using this stored procedure) and it seems that when I use dataReader, there are no records and if I use dataset with adapter data, there are no tables in the dataset either / records. This information is very important for the request.

Is there a way that I can query the SQL Server error logs without resorting to stored procedures?

ANOTHER UPDATE:

Parameters for these extended stored procedures:

• The value of the error log file that you want to read: 0 = current, 1 = Archive, 2 =, etc.

• Log file type: 1 or NULL = error log, 2 = SQL Agent log

• Search string 1: The string you want to find

• Search string 2: The string you want to search to further refine the results

• Search since launch

• Search until the end

• Sort order for results: N'asc '= ascending, N'desc' = descending

Another method I tried

SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand(@"exec sys.xp_readerrorlog 0,1,'','',null,null,N'Desc'", conn);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(comm);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
Console.WriteLine(ds.Tables.Count); //0 returned: no data in dataset

      

        
        
        
      

    

If I was allowed to use stored procedures to query data, I could use this following extract, but it would be too expanded and a pain to maintain and decommission

    IF (EXISTS( SELECT * FROM sys.procedures where name = 'writelogs' ))
BEGIN
    DROP PROCEDURE Writelogs;
END
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE WriteLogs @Servername varchar(40),@InstanceName varchar(40),@Pattern varchar(max),@ParamBeginDate varchar(40), @ParamEndDate varchar(40) AS
BEGIN 

    DECLARE @BeginDate DateTime
    DECLARE @EndDate DateTime
    DECLARE @NextQueryID int

    --First we have to convert the timestamps EndDate and BeginDate to something usable
    IF (@ParamBeginDate = 'Beginning')
    BEGIN
        SET @BeginDate = null;  --null will cause sys.xp_readerrorlog to read from beginning
    END
    ELSE IF (@ParamBeginDate = 'Last')
    BEGIN
        SELECT TOP 1 @BeginDate = L.TimeLogged FROM LogTable L ORDER BY L.TimeLogged Desc
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
        BEGIN TRY   
            SET @BeginDate = CAST(@ParamBeginDate AS DATETIME);
        END TRY
        BEGIN CATCH
            SET @BeginDate = null;
        END CATCH
    END
    IF (@ParamEndDate = 'Now')
    BEGIN
        SET @EndDate = GETDATE();  --null will cause sys.xp_readerrorlog to read till now
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
        BEGIN TRY   
            SET @EndDate = CAST(@ParamEndDate AS DATETIME);
        END TRY
        BEGIN CATCH
            SET @EndDate = GETDATE();
        END CATCH
    END

    --Temporary Table to store the logs in the format it is originally written in
    CREATE TABLE TMP
                (LogDate DateTime2
                ,Processinfo varchar(40)
                ,[Text] varchar(max))

    --truncate the milliseconds (else ALL records will be retrieved)
    SET @EndDate= dateadd(millisecond, -datepart(millisecond, @EndDate),@EndDate);
    SET @BeginDate= dateadd(millisecond, -datepart(millisecond, @BeginDate),@BeginDate);

    INSERT INTO TMP exec sys.xp_readerrorlog 0,1,'','',@BeginDate,@EndDate,N'DESC';
    SELECT TOP 1 L.TimeLogged FROM LogTable L ORDER BY L.Timelogged desc
    INSERT INTO LogTable
    SELECT @Servername,@InstanceName,T.[text],T.LogDate,GETDATE(),0,0,null,@NextQueryID FROM TMP t WHERE PATINDEX(@Pattern,t.[Text]) > 0;
    DROP TABLE TMP;
END