HOw Can I Alter Databases To Change Log Size To Unlimited?
Feb 17, 2008 We have 300+ databases on one sinlge server. If I need to change log size to "unlimited" for all of them, is there any way to do so? Please advice.
-Julie
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Database Size Not Growing Despite Unlimited Growth
Mar 11, 2004Hi All,
Database size is not increasing automatically ,however I have set it as unlimited growth. Any idea about this ?
thanks for in advance,
Sedat Duztas
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Apr 11, 2007I need to be able to change a table column name from within my C# code. The system in this part of the application is intended to be highly configurable and column names on the table being operated upon can change. The code adds square brackets to the column name (because the user might set up a column name with one or more spaces) but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right because I'm getting an error.
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Dec 1, 2004Hi there,
I recently saw that the transaction log files of user dbs grow undefinitely in SQL Server 2000 - one of our customers had a 11 GB log file which totally slowed down the server.
Another customer of ours uses one of my applications logging all actions in a MSDE database file and I fear that the corresponding transaction log file will grow and block the system too - is there any way that I could shrink and set the max size of the transaction log file through SQL?
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Question About Log File Size When Alter Huge Table
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We have an application using SQLOLEDB connection to a SQL Server 2005 database. Per domain policy, the users are required to change their password every 60 days.
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Jul 1, 2006Hi
I am using one Publisher with many subscribers for Merge replication of a database.
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On subscriber A, replication is OK. On subscriber B, I get the following message.
--------------------
Initializing
Connecting to Publisher 'REPLIC'
Retrieving publication information
Retrieving subscription information
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--------------------
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@Command2 = "use ?
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AND o.id = i.id
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The Transaction log file of my Database is given in H drive.
i.e H:Krishna_log.LDF.
My database initial setting for the Krishna_log.LDF is 10 GB.
so currently I can see 10 gb file occupied in the H Drive.
very soon my database Krishna_log.LDF is going to increase 10%.
Even though If do Backup/Shrink, it will reduce to the initial to 10 GB.
So all I need is, change the initial size of the
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May 18, 2008
Hi,
I am working on a script to do following:
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If the index property to allow page locks is off, then turn it on, re-index and turn it off again.
My problem is:
i want to use ' Use <db>' statement in the middle of my script but it is not working.I tried using dynamic SQL with
set @cmd='use '+ @dbname
exec (@cmd)
But this is not working.
Can we use 'use' statement in the middle of a script? If not what is the alternative?
My script looks as follows:
DECLARE @Database VARCHAR(255)
DECLARE @Table VARCHAR(255)
declare @Index varchar(255)
DECLARE @cmd NVARCHAR(500)
DECLARE @fillfactor INT
SET @fillfactor = 90
DECLARE DatabaseCursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb','distrbution')
ORDER BY 1
OPEN DatabaseCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM DatabaseCursor INTO @Database
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @cmd = 'DECLARE TableCursor CURSOR FOR SELECT table_catalog + ''.'' + table_schema + ''.'' + table_name as tableName
FROM ' + @Database + '.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE table_type = ''BASE TABLE'''
-- create table cursor
EXEC (@cmd)
OPEN TableCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM TableCursor INTO @Table
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
set @cmd='use '+@Database
print (@cmd)
exec (@cmd)
declare IndexCursor CURSOR for select name from sys.indexes where object_id=object_id(@Table)
open IndexCursor
fetch next from IndexCursor into @Index
print (@table)
--select name from sys.indexes where object_id=object_id(@Table)
print (@index)
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
if (INDEXPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(@Table),@Index,'IsPageLockDisallowed')=1)
begin
print (@Index + ' page locking off')
-- SET @cmd='ALTER INDEX '+@Index +' ON '+@Table+' SET (ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) reorganize
-- ALTER INDEX '+@Index +' ON '+@Table+' SET (ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = OFF)'
end
else
begin
print (@Index + ' page locking on')
-- SET @cmd='ALTER INDEX '+@Index +' ON '+@Table+' reorganize'
end
--PRINT (@cmd)
fetch next from IndexCursor into @Index
end
CLOSE IndexCursor
DEALLOCATE IndexCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM TableCursor INTO @Table
END
CLOSE TableCursor
DEALLOCATE TableCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM DatabaseCursor INTO @Database
END
CLOSE DatabaseCursor
DEALLOCATE DatabaseCursor
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