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You need to take regular backups of your log file, better schedule for backuping up at least once in an hr <br />
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You need to take regular backups of your log file, better schedule for backuping up at least once in an hr

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Hi, I have an SQLServer 2000 DB with a 400MB data file and a 23GB (!) log file. &nbsp;The logfiles are not part of the backup plan. &nbsp;<br />
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How can I reduce the size of these transaction logs to something more reasonable..?
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Hi, I have an SQLServer 2000 DB with a 400MB data file and a 23GB (!) log file.  The logfiles are not part of the backup plan.  

How can I reduce the size of these transaction logs to something more reasonable..?

Shrink/reduce Transaction Log files

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