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aatishpatel
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Posted - 2009-05-20 : 16:48:24

does anybody have or can write a good script to shrink transaction log files to 50MB. which i will run every sunday. your helpo is really appreciated.

tkizer
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Posted - 2009-05-20 : 17:07:19

Do not shrink database files on a scheduled basis. You are doing unnecessary work and are actually causing performance issues.

Shrinking should only be done manually and only when necessary. You can utilize the MVJ's shrink script which can be found in the Script forum here.

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