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loiter99
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 Posted - 2005-01-21 : 10:24:39
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| Hello,I tried to do an emergency shrink on a trans log and got the following error:dbcc shrinkfile ('db_log')Could not locate file 'db_log' in sysfiles.If I run sp_databases I can see the db, I ran dbcc checkdb on the db and everything came back fine. What gives?thanks in advanceJ |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2005-01-21 : 11:55:17
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| sp_databases will guive the names of the databasesdbcc shrinkfile needs the logical file name.trymyb..sp_helpfileto get the name.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Can't find log file in sysfiles?