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Sorry, I meant 50,000 KB.<br />
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If I backup the log, won't that take the space up too?<br />
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dbcc shrinkfile('WWW_Log', 0)<br />
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Cannot shrink log file 2 (WWW_Log) because all logical log files are in use.<br />
DbId &nbsp; FileId CurrentSize MinimumSize UsedPages &nbsp; EstimatedPages <br />
------ ------ ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------- <br />
7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;359544 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;128 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 359544 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;128<br />
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It ran 2 times. Did it work? I can't tell.<br />
The size in Explorer still show the same size. &nbsp;Thanks<br />
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You're backing up the log just to remove the inactive transactions...you can discard if you'd like...<br />
Try this instead:<br />
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backup log yourdatabasename with truncate_only<br />
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dbcc shrinkfile('www_log', 0)
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I backup a websites database on my local computer.<br />
The WWW_Log.LDF is 1,785,856 KB big.<br />
The mdf is 50 KB.<br />
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I want to get the space back on my drive. How do I do this?<br />
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Also, should I be concerned about that file on the actual Server itself? &nbsp;thanks
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I backup a websites database on my local computer.
The WWW_Log.LDF is 1,785,856 KB big.
The mdf is 50 KB.

I want to get the space back on my drive. How do I do this?

Also, should I be concerned about that file on the actual Server itself?  thanks

Log.LDF very big

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