Home Forums SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 Administration Why so some suggest converting to SIMPLE prior to shrinking LOG file RE: Why so some suggest converting to SIMPLE prior to shrinking LOG file

  • October 5, 2015 at 10:13 am

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    GilaMonster (10/2/2015)

    chuck.forbes (10/2/2015)

    You're right, the file isn't 99% unused, it's 99% used. I interpreted that backwards. I can see the need for the checkpoint now.

    Checkpoint won't do anything, you need to take a log backup before you can shrink the file.

    Don't shrink it to zero either.

    Oh, and

    So why are some people suggesting the temporary switch to SIMPLE?

    Usually because the people suggesting it don't really know what they're talking about.

    Just curious as to why you wouldn't shrink it to zero and regrow it properly.

    --Jeff Moden

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    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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