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masterdineen
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Posted - 01/18/2013 :  16:52:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello there

this must be a simple thing. But i have a log file of 30 gig from developing and heavy updating.

so i backed up the transaction log via ssms.

i made sure that Truncate the transaction log is selected.

but once the back finished.

i looked at the log file within the data folder.

and it still says 30 gig.

what am i doing wrong?

masterdineen
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Posted - 01/18/2013 :  17:39:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
sorry. Iam using developer 2008
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robvolk
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Posted - 01/18/2013 :  17:43:04  Show Profile  Visit robvolk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Backing up the log does not physically shrink the log file. You need to use DBCC SHRINKFILE in order to reduce the size.

If this is strictly a development server you could set your database to Simple recovery, this will reduce or prevent the log from growing in the first place.
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masterdineen
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Posted - 01/18/2013 :  17:53:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I thought when you backup the transaction log. the log is then truncated

or is that only with log shipping?
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robvolk
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Posted - 01/18/2013 :  18:01:47  Show Profile  Visit robvolk's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Truncating the log is a misnomer. Backing up the log clears the internal contents of the log file, but performs no physical modifications beyond that.

If you want to know more about how the transaction log works in SQL Server:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189085%28v=sql.105%29.aspx
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/category/transaction-log/
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