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 Using "Stopat" while restoring the LOG file

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REDDY
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43 Posts

Posted - 2005-05-25 : 16:07:46
Hi

While I was restoring a LOG with "STOPAT" command on a database I got the following error


The log in this backup set contains minimally logged changes. Point-in-time recovery is inhibited. RESTORE will roll forward to end of logs without recovering the database.


The Database is in BULK Logged mode on SQL server2000(svc pk 3)

is it not possible to use "STOPAT" allways while restoring a LOG file??




Any help would be greately appriciated



Reddy

KLang23
Posting Yak Master

115 Posts

Posted - 2005-05-28 : 10:39:36
There are certain types of operations - such as bulk load - which render the log "less than useful" for point-in-time recovery. You gave it away with the BULK Logged Mode.

Never use that option in a database that would ever require point-in-time recovery unless those (bulk load) operations are scheduled, and are followed by a full backup.
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REDDY
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43 Posts

Posted - 2005-05-31 : 16:15:11
Thank you verymuch for your input,

What if,if I have a FULL recovery mode and have some Truncate statements within the LOG,won't it work for this situation also??


Reddy
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