Today I’ll look at what causes your transaction logs to grow too large, and what you can do to curb the problem. Note: For the purposes of today’s article, I will assume that you’re using SQL Server ...

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 ...

I considered trying<BR> DBCC SHRINKFILE (thedb_Log, 10, EMPTYFILE)<BR>but that looked somewhat spooky. Since this isn't 'my' db per se, and I'm just supposed to be helping out, I thought I'd see if ...

Lumigent calls this application a "transaction analysis and data recovery solution for Microsoft SQL Server." I call it an essential tool for the SQL Server 7.0 or SQL Server 2000 DBA whose users make ...

Delayed durability was announced late in the SQL Server 2014 development cycle, but offers something that many SQL Server professionals have wanted for years—the ability to disable transaction logging ...

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 ...

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come with a ...

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come with a ...