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cannot opon user default database emergency

i had a log file that was full.

normally you can delete the log file if you detach the database . delete the log then reattach the database.

well.. like a doofus i stopped the server... deleted the log file and then tried to restart the server.

no matter what i do windows authentication, sql authentication

cannot open user default database

i tried osql at command prompt

osql -U username
it asked for password... good sign, but when i put in the password

cannot open user default database

tried
osql -E
cannot open user default database

the only file i deleted was the dbname_log.ldf file

pleaes help

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ok
i was able to get in using isqlw and putting in the master database as the connection

the database i was looking for was not in the drop down for the databases

i tried to attach it, said it already existed

i tried to detatch it said it could not detatch cleanly

i tried to reattach it again.
said .ldf file was wrong

i am getting close...

any other suggestins would be appreciated

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Anthony Perkins

>>normally you can delete the log file if you detach the database . delete the log then reattach the database.<<
As I have mentioned to you before this is a very bad idea. You do it at your own peril.

Anthony Perkins

Here is another Hail Mary link:
Recovering from a deleted log file on SQL Server
http://www.spaceprogram.com/knowledge/sqlserver_recover_from_deleted_log.html

If that does not do it for you, than you may want to start searching for your backups. I trust you have backups, right?

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i would hug you if i could