• david.howell (2/21/2011)


    Thanks for the very informative article.

    Running the first query I see Simple Recovery model and 'ACTIVE_TRANSACTION'

    However, running DBCC OPENTRAN report "No active open transactions."

    This doesn't seem to add up. My limited understanding is that the log still has an open transaction preventing reuse, but there aren't any transactions running.

    Any pointers on what to do from here?

    Sys.databases isn't going to be updated as soon as the transaction completes. Try running a checkpoint in the database.


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