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 Deleting SQL Database Log File

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sridharsridhar
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Posted - 2013-07-22 : 06:16:45
Hi Can we delete SQL Database log file . i want to delete is there any problem if we delete it ?

sridhar

webfred
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Posted - 2013-07-22 : 06:24:56
Not a good idea!
Why do you want to delete it?


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sridharsridhar
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21 Posts

Posted - 2013-07-22 : 06:32:15
its in c drive the memory for c drive is only 50 GB in that the SQL DB occupied upto 20 GB thats y ?

sridhar
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sridharsridhar
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Posted - 2013-07-22 : 06:35:04
the database we created and configured is having 20 GB Log file thats why we want to delete it

sridhar
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SwePeso
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Posted - 2013-07-22 : 06:41:32
What is your recovery mode? If FULL, please backup database and the shrink logfile.
However, this is a workaround because there is a reason the log file has grown to the current size.

You should investigate why the log file need this size in the first place.



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sridharsridhar
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Posted - 2013-07-22 : 09:56:49
We had restored Previous Database in to newly installed SQL server 2008 While restoring we had selected full only this is how the log file created and the log file is not in LDF format it saved in database name with no extension .

sridhar
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