Home Forums SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 - General Determine if a database is read-only when the log is not marked as read-only so DBCC SHRINKFILE may be skipped? RE: Determine if a database is read-only when the log is not marked as read-only so DBCC SHRINKFILE may be skipped?

  • August 20, 2012 at 5:49 am

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    The database as a whole can be read-only (sys.databases) or individual files can be read-only.

    Aside, why do you have a job shrinking the log? On a dev system I could understand, but on production that's just harmful.

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