Isn't that what backups are for? :blush: Seriously though, I see the real importance of that, even with a "simple" procedure like this. What is the best or most...

Sorry - I guess it's too late for a new thread, unless it's easy to move all the replies as well...will know better next time.

Since I just want to dump...

Thanks for the info! We've started a regular tlog backup routine and the timeout issue seems to be resolved. However, now I have an issue with the specific...

Thanks to you all for your input! These databases have been setup by a third-party software company, and I just assumed their default settings would be OK. I...

200MB log file is just fine. you dont need to shrink it. Dont you have free space on the disk?

Also can u check if auto growth for the log is...

I have run both recently, and have repeated the tlog backup today with the option to truncate the log checked on. I run them from the context menu. ...

I double-checked it and "LOG_BACKUP" is all it says. I expanded the column as much as possible. Are there any other fields to that table that would help?...

Thanks for your help! The field in question contains a value of "LOG_BACKUP". As mentioned above, I have performed full backups of the transaction log, with no effect....

Thanks, I did read the error message and subsequently can't find the table it is referring to - I looked under "System Databases" and under the System Tables for the...