Log Files - How To Clean Up
Mar 28, 2006I had received a message that my log file is full and it do not enable to me to do a database backup before free up disk space. How do i clean up de log file (_log.ldf)?
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Log Shipping: Clean Up Log Files
Mar 3, 2004Hi,
I need some advise in the log shipping. The log files in the primary server get cleaned up according to what I have specified in the maintenance plan. But the log files that got shipped to the secondary server stay there for ever wasting my hard disc. Will it make any problem if I remove them or can I set it up to remove all files earlier than past 2 hrs? Please advise.
Thanks
Best Way To Clean Up Temp Files
Mar 13, 2006I have a custom Data Flow task that creates temp files to the system temp directory during processing. A lot of times, we'll use SSIS to do one data transformation, running and tweaking the package along the way... we do this in the designer ... if we notice something that's incorrect in the data view, we just hit the stop button and fix it. However, when we do this, the Cleanup() function isn't called, and my temp files are left in the temp directory, when they really ought to be disposed of.
Is there a method that gets called every time when the DtsDebugHost quits, whether it finished, didn't finish properly, or was stopped in the middle? What would be a good way (other than having some service that monitors what temp files are used by what processes) to clean up temp files after we don't need them?
~Steve
Clean Text Files Externally Or Internally
May 17, 2008Quick history, I have substantial experience using MS Access, VBA, and Regular Expressions to clean up messy text files for use in MS Access.
I want to upgrade an MS Access back end to SQL Server (2008 to be specific). I need to upload several delimited files on a daily basis. The files are full of formatting that I strip out using VBA and Regular Expressions. I've poked around on the site and found some UDFs that implement the VbScript Regular Expressions object as a stored procedure in Transact SQL.
My questions is, am I better off processing the files externally using a procedural language like VB or can SQL Server handle the processing as gracefully as MS Access/VBA/RegEx does?
Thanks for letting me tap into your experience.
I could simply puzzle it out myself by implementing it in SQL Server but I'd rather not waste the time as a newb to transact SQL and then find out that I'd be better off doing it externally.
J--
What Should I Do To Clean A Whole DB ?
May 29, 2006My DB is holding some data for the moment I'd like to clean.
I'm wishing to erase the WHOLE data stored in the database (just the data, not the DB itself). What SQL command should I use ?
If there is another way to do what I'm wishing to do, let me know please.
Thanks.
Clean Up This View
Dec 13, 2006PHP Code:
WHERE
(dbo.document.docVisible = 'yes') AND (dbo.document.docHide = 'NO') AND (dbo.t_files.fileMoved = '1') AND (dbo.documentCategory.docCategoryName LIKE '%olic%') AND (dbo.minisite.sectionLive = 1) AND (dbo.t_files.fileName <> N'A LINK') AND (dbo.t_files.fileName NOT IN (SELECT exFileID FROM t_exclude))
OR (dbo.document.docVisible = 'yes') AND (dbo.document.docHide = 'NO') AND (dbo.t_files.fileMoved = '1') AND (dbo.minisite.sectionLive = 1) AND (dbo.t_files.fileName <> N'A LINK') AND (dbo.t_files.fileName NOT IN (SELECT exFileID FROM t_exclude)) AND (dbo.document.docDesc LIKE '%olic%')
OR(dbo.document.docVisible = 'yes') AND (dbo.document.docHide = 'NO') AND (dbo.t_files.fileMoved = '1') AND (dbo.minisite.sectionLive = 1) AND (dbo.t_files.fileName <> N'A LINK') AND (dbo.t_files.fileName NOT IN (SELECT exFileID FROM t_exclude)) AND (dbo.document.docType BETWEEN 1 AND 4)
OR (dbo.document.docVisible = 'yes') AND (dbo.document.docHide = 'NO') AND (dbo.t_files.fileMoved = '1') AND (dbo.minisite.sectionLive = 1) AND (dbo.t_files.fileName <> N'A LINK') AND (dbo.t_files.fileName NOT IN (SELECT exFileID FROM t_exclude))
OR(dbo.t_files.fileName IN ('127-2006-1-27-3321130.pdf', '127-2006-1-30-3726619.pdf', '127-2006-1-27-5700042.pdf', '127-2006-1-27-5678586.pdf', '127-2006-1-27-5693574.pdf', '127-2006-1-27-5873392.pdf'))
ORDER BY dbo.document.docDesc
Right - as you can see, some of the line slook pretty similar. When I try and do:
(one AND two AND three) AND (four OR five), I get
(one AND two AND three AND four)
OR
(one AND two AND three AND five)
when using enterprise manager. Is there anyway to keep the first way of doing it. Otherwise, everytime I add anotehr OR statement in, I'll have to create a new line!
Help With Clean Up Query
Apr 10, 2008I have the following query which strips out middle initial data from the first_name column and populate the middle_initial column with the relevant data.
What my query does not handle is when a first name has a single character (IE: A). In its current state, the "A" would be moved to the middle_initial field with a period added to the end (IE A.). The first_name column would also include "A". Basically, when a single character first name is found in the first_name column, I do not want to populate the middle_name field.
Hope this does not sound too cryptic; query is below along with some sample data when run.
SELECT first_name,
CASE
WHEN SUBSTRING(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)),LEN(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)))-1,1)=' '
THEN SUBSTRING(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)),LEN(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name))),1) +'.'
ELSE NULL
END AS 'middle_initial',
CASE
WHEN SUBSTRING(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)),LEN(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)))-1,1)=' '
THEN LEFT(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)),CASE WHEN LEN(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)))>=2 THEN LEN(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name)))-2 ELSE
LEN(LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name))) END)
ELSE LTRIM(RTRIM(first_name))
END AS 'first_name_removing_initials'
FROM contact
Sample Data
first_name, middle_initial, first_name_removing_initials,
Paul, NULL, Paul
A, A., A,
A Fred, NULL, A Fred,
Aaron, NULL, Aaron
How To Clean Buffers
Nov 28, 2007Dear All,
i'm trying increase the performance of one select statement.
after trying first time, at the second time it is giving results fastly.because the data is there already in the buffers.
how can i clean the buffers everytime after run the query?
i'm using
--dbcc dropcleanbuffers
--dbcc freeproccache
are these enough or need some more....
please guide me
Vinod
Even you learn 1%, Learn it with 100% confidence.
Clean Up ReportServerTempDB
Jan 17, 2008
I have a db server that had served both my application data and reporting services. I have since installed a second db server to be the reporting services server; the primary box still stores the application data. I am keeping reporting services installed and set up on the primary box, since I would like it to act as a warm standby for the reporting services function.
However, the ReportServerTempDB on my primary box is still quite large. The ChunkData table is quite close to 10 gig. The CleanupCycleMinutes property is set to the default of 10. Clearly any data that might be in this table is far older than that.
Is there some recommended method of clearing this data? Can I just delete the rows or do a truncate on the table? I would prefer not to uninstall/reinstall reporting services, as this machine is actively serving my application data.
Thanks.
How To Clean Up All Database Tables?
Apr 28, 2008Hi everyone,
What is the easy way to clean up all ms sql 2005 tables?
For example, a database table named Customers which has triggers and primary key and foreign keys. Now I clean up the Customer table using the folowing statement
delete Customers
And the ms sql 2005 asks me to remove all triggers and foreign keys before allow me to clean up the Customers table. Is there a way to clean up all tables without remove the tiggers and foreign keys?
Thanks
May
Can't Clean Buffer Cache
May 16, 2007Hi,
My problem is that I cannot completely clean buffer cache on SQL Server 2005 version 9.00.2047.00 (probably SP1).
Right after I run DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS in the context of my database (this is development server, and so far I am only the one who is working with a particular database), I run a script that quetries sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors view also from the context of my database to make sure that the buffer cache is really clean. However it shows large number of entries totalling 42 MB.
I ran both DBCC an the script in the past too, and it always showed nothing in the results, that means that buffers were really clean. The reason why I am running this is for benchmarking of existing and new application.
Does anybody have any idea, suggestions, how to troubleshoot this issue ? I already closed all connections to this database, but rebooting the server is not an option since other people are also working on it.
Thanks
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DTS Tasks Do Not Run On Clean Install Of 2005
Mar 13, 2008Good afternoon.
I have an IS package that contains some legacy DTS tasks. The package does run successfully on some machines, but others not at all, generating a weird error that says "Error: The task failed to load. The contact information for the task is "Execute DTS 2000 Package Task;Microsoft Corporate...." There's more to the error but searching on it hasn't turned up any results so I'm not posting the entire thing. I can if requested.
On the server where the DTS packages fail, regular IS packages that contain no DTS legacy tasks run successfully, and the only difference between the machines that work and don't work is SQL Server 2000 is not and was never installed, whereas the machines that work are running 2000 and 2005. The servers where the tasks fail version 9.0.3050.
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If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it. If you need more information just ask and I would be happy to provide it.
Thanks again,
Kelly
Restore A Complete SQL Server Installation Into A New Clean One
Oct 13, 1998A customer is about to replace their PDC with SQL Server running on it.
MY companies role is to build the new server, and get their SQL Server running again.
I need to have the devices, databases, tables, data and the USERS copied across. I cannot use transfer manager as their will be only 1 instance of SQL Server running on the network.
If all we have is an NT backup is perfomed on the entire disk, i.e. the MSSQL/DATA directory.
How do we recreate the databases and their associated tables and also, how do we recreate the User accounts ?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Please feel free to e-mail me with a response
NEILA@ANGLIABC.CO.UK
TIA
Clean Install Windows Auth Error
Feb 17, 2007Hi,
I cannot log in to SQL Server 2005 Dev Edition in my local machine using Windows Authentication. The server returned "Login failed..." when connecting with SQL Server Management Studio.
I have not change anything since installation of this server.
This problem happens in RTM and SP1 versions, both running on Windows Vista RTM.
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Distribution Cleanup Cannot Clean Up Snapshot Folder
Sep 7, 2007We are using SQL Server 2005 SP2 to do transactional replication.
We and have a separate service account for the SQL Agents (sqladmin) vs. SQL Replication Agents (sqlrepadmin). It is my understanding this is a replication security best practice. The sqlrepadmin has full permissions on the snapshot share folder and it's subdirectories. The sqladmin account does not have permissions at all.
I have been getting an error message when we run the distribution clean up job.
Executed as user: PRODsqladmin. Could not remove directory '\Tes01boxRepldatauncqabox01_DB01_TO_ORACLE20070905104896'. Check the security context of xp_cmdshell
I have dropped the publication and recreated which is what appears to have caused the error.
From
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151151.aspx
Note:
If a publication is dropped, replication attempts to remove the snapshot folder under the security context of the SQL Server service account. If this account does not have sufficient privileges, log in with an account that does have sufficient privileges and remove the folder manually. Removing a folder requires the Modify privilege if the folder is a local path or the Full Control privilege if the folder is a network path.
The note above implies that the SQL Server service account (sqladmin) needs permissions on the snapshot folder as well.
Finally my questions:
Is there a workaround that will allow the distribution cleanup job to run as sqlrepadmin and perform the delete?
If both sqlrepadmin and sqladmin need permissions to the snapshot what is the reasoning from a security perspective of separating them out?
Clean Up Data - When Process Runs Next Time
Jul 25, 2006
In a integration project I am moving data from A to B.
First time is fine - since table B is empty.
However next time I run the process, I would like to delete all records in B before I run the project again.
What is the best way to delete / clean up data when you re run the process ?
Cheers, T
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Microsoft (R) SQLMaint Utility, Version 6.50.240
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation, 1995 - 1996
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** Execution Time: 0 hrs, 0 mins, 1 secs **
[2] Check Data and Index Allocation...
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SQL2K - Clean Buffer Cache And Procedure Cache.
May 31, 2007Is there a way to drop clean buffers at the database level instead of the server/instance level like the undocumented €śDBCC FLUSHPROCINDB (@dbid)€??
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