Best way to implement an audit trail in SQL Server?

Question

I don\'t know if these requirements are standard or not but I\'m wondering is there a solution out there which can do the following:

• For a specified set of tab

Answer 1

I see 3 ways to achieve this:

1. Triggers are the best solution at all.
2. You can implement replication/log shipping for the table or the database which will always be a few mili seconds/seconds old copy of that table/database.
3. Schedule differential backups as per the time duration old copy you need.

With option '2', in case of any problem immediately you can turn off replication/log shipping and get a few seconds previous copy of exact data. With option '3', for example you have differential backup frequency of every 5 minutes, then in case of any problem you can recover 5 minutes old copy of correct data.