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 Truncating & Shrinking the Log File

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catparks
Starting Member

18 Posts

Posted - 2002-01-22 : 12:32:53
Truncating & shrinking the log file in SQL 2000 seems to be more difficult than in version 7.0. I would like to know the best (and easiest) way to regularly truncate and shrink the log file. So far, I haven't found a decisive answer to that question. Any suggestions? My log files just keep growing and growing...

KnooKie
Aged Yak Warrior

623 Posts

Posted - 2002-01-22 : 12:52:28
search this forum, there are probably loads of posts covering this topic as truncating the log seems to cause lots of problems for people.

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nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2002-01-22 : 12:54:09
Best to make sure they don't get bis in the first place by making sure you have small transactions and a reasonable backup strategy.

I always shrink log by detaching the database, removing the log and attaching the database (after a backup of course).
You can shrink the log but this often takes a few attempts.

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chadmat
The Chadinator

1974 Posts

Posted - 2002-01-22 : 13:40:55
What is easier about 7.0? Are you refering to there being no 'truncate log on checkpoint' option? If so, simple recovery mode is the same as having 'truncate log on checkpoint' selected in 7.0.

-Chad

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