Why is my transaction log full?

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    Gail Shaw
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  • Great article! A good reference point for a constant recurring question in the Administration forums. 🙂

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  • Thank you Gail, the article is superb

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  • Another ref to put in the "must read" section !

    Very good job !

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  • great articles! It connected all dots and very useful

  • Great article Gail. Thank you.

  • Nicely done.

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    Those things are vastly overrated in technical articles anyway Gail! 😀

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  • Great article Gail!!


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  • Great article Gail. Thank you for the effort to share this with us.

  • Should probably be a "sticky" at the top of the various Admin forums.

  • I like the idea!

  • Let me add my thoughts great article and thanks for the code examples.

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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  • Great article, great reading.

    Now.. how can I manually activate/deactivate VLF's within a transaction log?

    Thanks,

    S

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  • Slick84 (2/21/2011)


    Now.. how can I manually activate/deactivate VLF's within a transaction log?

    You can't. What are you trying to do?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • Thanks everyone. Glad you're enjoying it.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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