In an earlier blog entry, I talked about “Deprecated” code and I highlighted the fact that the BACKUP LOG WITH NO_LOG and BACKUP LOG WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY statements are no longer allowed in SQL Server ...

We have the following set up on our SQL servers:<BR><BR>Recovery model is full (for dbs being backed up)<BR>A full backup of the specified database Mon - Fri, no Transaction log backup included in the ...

I would like to ask about transaction log backups. I have a transaction log that is around 16gigs I have started to do full database backups every night. To my understanding a full database backup ...

Transaction logs are a vital yet often overlooked component of database architecture. They are often forgotten because they are not something actively maintained like the schema contained within a ...

Help! My SQL Server Log File is too big!!! Your email has been sent Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim ...

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear or read about an organization seeing ginormous transaction log (.ldf) files, while the associated data (.mdf) file is at the size it should be when ...