shrinking operation disregards indexing..which degrades the performance. What calls for you to shrink the database.
If its only the log file that has grown too big then try thi
use UrDbName
Backup Log UrDbName WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
DBCC SHRINKFILE (logical name of Log File)
Thanks!!
The_SQL_DBA
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