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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    Ditto to what Gail said. Do not shrink your data file.

    You need to reevaluate your entire mirrored server set up. Why is it chewing up space when your primary server...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    Daniel Bowlin (7/15/2011)


    perfect

    freaky

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jcrawf02 (7/15/2011)


    GSquared (7/14/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (7/14/2011)


    May I just mention that many people in this debate are forgetting that historically speaking, there is a predecessor to paying taxes. It even predates feudalism....

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    Jayanth_Kurup (7/15/2011)


    Run checkpoint and then try doing a shrink file

    I disagree with this advice for reasons stated before this answer was posted.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    The problem is that as soon as you mention the words "boot camp," every trainer who has a certification boot camp comes out of the woodwork trying to sell you...

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    Why do you feel the need to shrink your log file? Are you having serious space issues?

    If not, don't obsess about file shrinking. It's not worth the headaches you're about...

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  • RE: Restoring From Backup

    As a matter of fact, we have jobs that restore daily down to our QA server. We don't do every database, but we do the major ones.

    These restores serve...

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  • RE: Today's Random Word!

    bopeavy (7/14/2011)


    effective communication

    oxymoron

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    May I just mention that many people in this debate are forgetting that historically speaking, there is a predecessor to paying taxes. It even predates feudalism.

    It was called tribute....

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    GilaMonster (7/14/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (7/14/2011)


    EDIT: Oh, hey! Gail is here! Maybe she can remember what blog post I'm crucifying with my poor memory. @=)

    No such blog post.

    Maybe you're thinking of this:...

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    mortalic (7/13/2011)


    It is currently 10GB and the initial size is the same.

    Wait. Initial size is 10GB? What is the file's initial size on the principal server?

    I don't think SQL...

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    mortalic (7/13/2011)


    Brandie, you keep coming back to the tlog actually needing the space, but from what I can tell there are virtually no transactions occurring right now (one or two...

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    seth delconte (7/13/2011)


    Here's a script I use to shrink the t-logs manually if they stretch too big due to failed backups or something:

    --try/catch guarantees that shrink log will not happen...

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  • RE: Searching for a string pattern in SSIS

    Stick your File System task into a For Each Loop container. Pass the file name / path down from the For Each Loop to the variable and use the variable...

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  • RE: Transactio log won't shrink on mirrored database

    mortalic (7/13/2011)


    What else can cause the tlog not to shrink?

    The need for the space. Just because the tlog backups are happening doesn't mean the log is going to shrink. There...

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