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 Error.log too large

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rnbguy
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

293 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-10 : 18:04:04
this file is getting upto 110GIG why?

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-10 : 18:09:04
Because you have a lot of events being sent to it. I would schedule a job to cycle the error log to keep it more manageable.

sp_cycle_errorlog

Tara Kizer
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rnbguy
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

293 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-10 : 18:11:06
our automailing system failed and there for the logs increased highly, is there a way to clear the error log?
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-10 : 18:15:18
Umm, yes. Please see my last post. You can keep cycling it until the large file is gone.

Tara Kizer
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rnbguy
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

293 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-10 : 18:16:33
sorry i posted before i read urs

thanx
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