diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
index c2c224de..71619ae3 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func MustNew(cfg *config.Config) *Daemon {
 	}
 
 	if len(cfg.HistoryArchiveURLs) == 0 {
-		logger.Fatal("no history archives url were provided")
+		logger.Fatal("no history archives URLs were provided")
 	}
 
 	historyArchive, err := historyarchive.NewArchivePool(
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ func MustNew(cfg *config.Config) *Daemon {
 		Logger:            logger,
 		LedgerReader:      db.NewLedgerReader(dbConn),
 		LedgerEntryReader: db.NewLedgerEntryReader(dbConn),
+		TransactionGetter: db.NewTransactionHandler(dbConn, cfg.NetworkPassphrase),
 		PreflightGetter:   preflightWorkerPool,
 	})
 
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go
index 428f29fe..404a6bd0 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/db.go
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ type ReadWriter interface {
 }
 
 type WriteTx interface {
+	TransactionHandler() *TransactionHandler
 	LedgerEntryWriter() LedgerEntryWriter
 	LedgerWriter() LedgerWriter
+
 	Commit(ledgerSeq uint32) error
 	Rollback() error
 }
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ func (rw *readWriter) NewTx(ctx context.Context) (WriteTx, error) {
 			maxBatchSize:            rw.maxBatchSize,
 		},
 		ledgerRetentionWindow: rw.ledgerRetentionWindow,
+		txWriter:              TransactionHandler{stmtCache: stmtCache},
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -187,6 +190,8 @@ type writeTx struct {
 	ledgerEntryWriter     ledgerEntryWriter
 	ledgerWriter          ledgerWriter
 	ledgerRetentionWindow uint32
+
+	txWriter TransactionHandler
 }
 
 func (w writeTx) LedgerEntryWriter() LedgerEntryWriter {
@@ -197,6 +202,10 @@ func (w writeTx) LedgerWriter() LedgerWriter {
 	return w.ledgerWriter
 }
 
+func (w writeTx) TransactionHandler() *TransactionHandler {
+	return &w.txWriter
+}
+
 func (w writeTx) Commit(ledgerSeq uint32) error {
 	if err := w.ledgerEntryWriter.flush(); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/migrations/02_transactions.sql b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/migrations/02_transactions.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfdddd3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/migrations/02_transactions.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- +migrate Up
+
+-- index to find transactions in ledgers by hash
+CREATE TABLE transactions (
+    hash BLOB PRIMARY KEY,
+    ledger_sequence INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    application_order INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    FOREIGN KEY (ledger_sequence)
+        REFERENCES ledger_close_meta (sequence)
+);
+
+-- +migrate Down
+drop table transactions cascade;
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/transaction.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/transaction.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba9c1c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/transaction.go
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package db
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+
+	sq "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/ingest"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/support/db"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/xdr"
+	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow"
+	"github.com/stellar/soroban-rpc/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/transactions"
+)
+
+const (
+	transactionTableName = "transactions"
+)
+
+type TransactionHandler struct {
+	stmtCache  *sq.StmtCache
+	db         db.SessionInterface
+	passphrase string
+}
+
+func NewTransactionHandler(db db.SessionInterface, passphrase string) *TransactionHandler {
+	return &TransactionHandler{db: db, passphrase: passphrase}
+}
+
+func (txn *TransactionHandler) InsertTransactions(lcm xdr.LedgerCloseMeta) error {
+	reader, err := ingest.NewLedgerTransactionReaderFromLedgerCloseMeta(txn.passphrase, lcm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	txCount := lcm.CountTransactions()
+	transactions := make(map[xdr.Hash]ingest.LedgerTransaction, txCount)
+
+	for i := 0; i < txCount; i++ {
+		tx, err := reader.Read()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if tx.Envelope.IsFeeBump() {
+			transactions[tx.Result.InnerHash()] = tx
+		}
+		transactions[tx.Result.TransactionHash] = tx
+	}
+
+	query := sq.
+		Insert(transactionTableName).
+		RunWith(txn.stmtCache).
+		Columns("hash", "ledger_sequence", "application_order")
+	for hash, tx := range transactions {
+		query = query.Values(hash, lcm.LedgerSequence(), tx.Index)
+	}
+
+	_, err = query.Exec()
+	return err
+}
+
+func (txn *TransactionHandler) GetLedgerRange() (
+	ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange,
+	error,
+) {
+	var ledgerRange ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange
+	newestQ := sq.
+		Select("meta").
+		From(ledgerCloseMetaTableName).
+		OrderBy("sequence DESC").
+		Limit(1).
+		RunWith(txn.stmtCache).
+		QueryRow()
+	oldestQ := sq.
+		Select("meta").
+		From(ledgerCloseMetaTableName).
+		OrderBy("sequence ASC").
+		Limit(1).
+		RunWith(txn.stmtCache).
+		QueryRow()
+
+	var row1, row2 []byte
+	if err := newestQ.Scan(&row1); err != nil {
+		return ledgerRange, err
+	}
+	if err := oldestQ.Scan(&row2); err != nil {
+		return ledgerRange, err
+	}
+
+	var lcm1, lcm2 xdr.LedgerCloseMeta
+	if err := lcm1.UnmarshalBinary(row1); err != nil {
+		return ledgerRange, err
+	}
+	if err := lcm2.UnmarshalBinary(row2); err != nil {
+		return ledgerRange, err
+	}
+
+	return ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange{
+		FirstLedger: ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerInfo{
+			Sequence:  lcm1.LedgerSequence(),
+			CloseTime: int64(lcm1.LedgerHeaderHistoryEntry().Header.ScpValue.CloseTime),
+		},
+		LastLedger: ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerInfo{
+			Sequence:  lcm2.LedgerSequence(),
+			CloseTime: int64(lcm2.LedgerHeaderHistoryEntry().Header.ScpValue.CloseTime),
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (txn *TransactionHandler) GetTransactionByHash(hash string) (
+	xdr.LedgerCloseMeta, ingest.LedgerTransaction, error,
+) {
+	rows := sq.
+		Select("t.application_order", "lcm.meta").
+		From(fmt.Sprintf("%s t", transactionTableName)).
+		Join(fmt.Sprintf("%s lcm ON (t.ledger_sequence = lcm.sequence)", ledgerCloseMetaTableName)).
+		Limit(1).
+		RunWith(txn.stmtCache).
+		QueryRow()
+
+	var row struct {
+		txIndex int
+		meta    []byte
+	}
+	if err := rows.Scan(&row); err != nil {
+		return xdr.LedgerCloseMeta{}, ingest.LedgerTransaction{}, err
+	}
+
+	var lcm xdr.LedgerCloseMeta
+	if err := lcm.UnmarshalBinary(row.meta); err != nil {
+		return lcm, ingest.LedgerTransaction{}, err
+	}
+
+	reader, err := ingest.NewLedgerTransactionReaderFromLedgerCloseMeta(txn.passphrase, lcm)
+	reader.Seek(row.txIndex - 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return lcm, ingest.LedgerTransaction{}, err
+	}
+
+	ledgerTx, err := reader.Read()
+	return lcm, ledgerTx, err
+}
+
+// GetTransaction conforms to the interface in
+// methods/get_transaction.go#NewGetTransactionHandler so that it can be used
+// directly against the RPC handler.
+func (txn *TransactionHandler) GetTransaction(hash xdr.Hash) (
+	transactions.Transaction, bool, ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerRange,
+) {
+	tx := transactions.Transaction{}
+
+	ledgerRange, err := txn.GetLedgerRange()
+	if err != nil {
+		return tx, false, ledgerRange
+	}
+
+	lcm, ingestTx, err := txn.GetTransactionByHash(hex.EncodeToString(hash[:]))
+	if err != nil {
+		return tx, false, ledgerRange
+	}
+
+	//
+	// On-the-fly ingestion: extract all of the fields
+	//
+
+	if tx.Result, err = ingestTx.Result.MarshalBinary(); err != nil {
+		return tx, false, ledgerRange
+	}
+	if tx.Meta, err = ingestTx.UnsafeMeta.MarshalBinary(); err != nil {
+		return tx, false, ledgerRange
+	}
+	if tx.Envelope, err = ingestTx.Envelope.MarshalBinary(); err != nil {
+		return tx, false, ledgerRange
+	}
+	if events, errr := ingestTx.GetDiagnosticEvents(); errr != nil {
+		tx.Events = make([][]byte, 0, len(events))
+		for _, event := range events {
+			bytes, ierr := event.MarshalBinary()
+			if ierr != nil {
+				return tx, false, ledgerRange
+			}
+			tx.Events = append(tx.Events, bytes)
+		}
+	}
+	tx.FeeBump = ingestTx.Envelope.IsFeeBump()
+	tx.ApplicationOrder = int32(ingestTx.Index)
+	tx.Successful = ingestTx.Result.Successful()
+	tx.Ledger = ledgerbucketwindow.LedgerInfo{
+		Sequence:  lcm.LedgerSequence(),
+		CloseTime: int64(lcm.LedgerHeaderHistoryEntry().Header.ScpValue.CloseTime),
+	}
+
+	return tx, true, ledgerRange
+}
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/mock_db_test.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/mock_db_test.go
index cb883eac..5a6252c0 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/mock_db_test.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/mock_db_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ func (m MockTx) LedgerWriter() db.LedgerWriter {
 	return args.Get(0).(db.LedgerWriter)
 }
 
+func (m MockTx) TransactionHandler() *db.TransactionHandler {
+	args := m.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).(*db.TransactionHandler)
+}
+
 func (m MockTx) Commit(ledgerSeq uint32) error {
 	args := m.Called(ledgerSeq)
 	return args.Error(0)
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
index 931abfe8..63977c94 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ingest/service.go
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ func (s *Service) ingest(ctx context.Context, sequence uint32) error {
 	if err := s.ingestLedgerEntryChanges(ctx, reader, tx, 0); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	if err := reader.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -291,31 +292,38 @@ func (s *Service) ingest(ctx context.Context, sequence uint32) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := tx.TransactionHandler().InsertTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err := tx.Commit(sequence); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	s.logger.Debugf("Ingested ledger %d", sequence)
 
 	s.metrics.ingestionDurationMetric.
-		With(prometheus.Labels{"type": "total"}).Observe(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
+		With(prometheus.Labels{"type": "total"}).
+		Observe(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
 	s.metrics.latestLedgerMetric.Set(float64(sequence))
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *Service) ingestLedgerCloseMeta(tx db.WriteTx, ledgerCloseMeta xdr.LedgerCloseMeta) error {
 	startTime := time.Now()
+
 	if err := tx.LedgerWriter().InsertLedger(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	s.metrics.ingestionDurationMetric.
 		With(prometheus.Labels{"type": "ledger_close_meta"}).Observe(time.Since(startTime).Seconds())
 
-	if err := s.eventStore.IngestEvents(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
+	if err := s.transactionStore.IngestTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := s.transactionStore.IngestTransactions(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
+	if err := s.eventStore.IngestEvents(ledgerCloseMeta); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go
index b0ceb372..8d80de1a 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/jsonrpc.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func (h Handler) Close() {
 type HandlerParams struct {
 	EventStore        *events.MemoryStore
 	TransactionStore  *transactions.MemoryStore
+	TransactionGetter *db.TransactionHandler
 	LedgerEntryReader db.LedgerEntryReader
 	LedgerReader      db.LedgerReader
 	Logger            *log.Entry
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ func NewJSONRPCHandler(cfg *config.Config, params HandlerParams) Handler {
 		},
 		{
 			methodName:           "getTransaction",
-			underlyingHandler:    methods.NewGetTransactionHandler(params.TransactionStore),
+			underlyingHandler:    methods.NewGetTransactionHandler(params.TransactionGetter),
 			longName:             "get_transaction",
 			queueLimit:           cfg.RequestBacklogGetTransactionQueueLimit,
 			requestDurationLimit: cfg.MaxGetTransactionExecutionDuration,