• What you did there was the absolute, very, final last resort for this kind of problem. You could have transactional inconsistencies, you could have structural inconsistencies.

    Stuff that needs doing:

    Run CheckDB with no_infomsgs and all_errormsgs and hope there are no errors

    Sort out your log maintenance. See - Managing Transaction Logs[/url]

    Also, see the consequences for deleting a log: http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/06/09/deleting-the-transaction-log/

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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