I have a database in 2 GB .mdf and a 1 GB ldf. The backup is much
smaller. I need to copy this database to another server which does
not have that much free space. Can this be restored to a smaller
.mdf and .ldf? How?
Thanks.
Ranjit
Hi all,
I found a database file and a log file over 2G on mssql 2000 server. Actually, they only need around 200M. I try to backup, truncate the database in order make the size smaller. But the size cannot be smaller. How can I do it?
Simon
Hello there....
I have a scenario where I am trying to set up multiple database instances for multiple test/development environment(s) for each group where the test/dev environment will contain a copy of what was in the production environment.. The test/dev environment can be refreshed on demand based on the prior night's full backup of the production environment.. This is good for our web developers and for training purposes, as the test environment(s) can be played around with, and will retain data for as long as the developers/testers/trainers need it, and then can be refreshed to the most current data when everyone in the group decides they want it refreshed...
Normally, this works out well...
However I am having a file size issue...
The production database was pre-allocated (a long time ago) to a large file size (probably to reduce external fragmentation).... So even though the backup file is only 5GB, the production database file itself is something like 40GB... I believe the production database has a maintainance plan on it already that rebuilds the indicies each weekend, etc...
Anyhow, the problem is that when I restore the 5GB database back into a newly created database file, the file expands all the way up to 40GB again, even though the backup file is 5GB...
Normally this would be fine, the problem is that I am trying to create multiple environments, and I do not have the disk space on my test/dev server for 40GB (plus another 15GB or so for the transaction log) multiplied by each of my test/dev environments... It would be much nicer if I could get this down to 5GB (or heck, even 10GB), since I know for sure that the total amount of data in the database doesnt exceed 5GB, and I have plenty of space on my disk for 5 (or 10) GB multiplied by each of the environments I want to create...
I have tried DBCC SHRINKDB and I have tried DBCC SHRINKFILE with the truncate after the restore, which seems to work but doesn't....
I have also tried to go into the database properties and change the "initial size" but that doesnt do anything etiher
Is there any way to get this file back down to a manageable size after the restore??
Or better yet, is there a special method to restore the database so it wont 'expand' back out to 40GB in the first place??? Perhaps some option to tell the restore process that even though the source database had a 40GB pre-allocation, that the database I am restoring into doesn't need to be pre-allocated??
I have a Database A in production with 12GB as data file and 8 GB as log file. How do I restore this db in Development with a smaller log file, say 1GB?
I can't shrink the log file or anything in production. What is the best way to restore in Dev with a smaller log file?
Thanks.
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Hi,
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Empirically it works (I have done it with apparent success two times) but I seem to recall that backups are done by pages, and I'm concerned that there may be conditions not being met by simply doing the restore the way I'm planning to do it.
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I have a table that I filled with data imported from another database.
What I need to do is now take this huge table and break apart the information and put it into 5 smaller tables.
So I have a huge insert statement.
I have one main table called Property with two keys. One key is a "Prop_ID" and the other is "owner" where Prop_Id is a automated unique ID. Once the information is inserted into that table, I then get the Unique ID that it was given, and I then used that ID to insert into the other tables.
The problem I am encountering is I keep getting the following error
Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Prop_Res_Detail'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'Prop_Res_Detail'.
The statement has been terminated.
I have an idea what might be going wrong, but I am not sure. What I want to happen is that I want the query to look at the first row of the huge table and then do all 4 of the inserts, and then go to the next row. But I think it is trying to all the inserts into the property table, and then go on to the Prop_Res_Detail table and that is why I am getting that error.
Any help is greatly appreicated.
here is the code..
Code:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Insert_Properties]
AS
DECLARE @Prop_ID Int
SET NOCOUNT ON
INSERT INTO Property(Acres,
Assoc_Phone,
Assoc_Cell,
AppraisalForm,
Area,
Assess_Account,
AttachDetach,
Block,
City,
County,
Directions,
DOM,
ER_EA,
FloodZone,
Import_From,
Import_ID,
Insert_Date,
LandSQFT,
LandSQFTDim,
LegalRemarks,
ListAppraiser_ID,
ListAssoc_ID,
ListBroker_ID,
ListDate,
Listing_Office_Remarks,
ListPrice,
Lot,
Map,
Num_Images,
Office_Phone,
Original_ListPrice,
Owner,
Pending_Date,
PhotoName,
PropSubType,
Prop_Type,
Quad,
Remarks,
State,
Status,
StreetDir,
StreetNum,
StreetName,
Township,
UnitNumber,
ZipCode)
SELECT CONVERT(FLOAT(8), Acres),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), Assoc_Phone),
CONVERT(Varchar(25),Assoc_Cell),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), AppraisalForm),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Area),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Assess_Account),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), AttachDetach),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Block),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), City),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), County),
CONVERT(Varchar(1000), Directions),
CONVERT(int, DOM),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), ER_EA),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), FloodZone),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Import_From),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Import_ID),
CONVERT(datetime, Insert_Date, 101),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), LandSQFT),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), LandSQFTDim),
CONVERT(Varchar(2000), LegalRemarks),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), ListAppraiser_ID),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), ListAssoc_ID),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), ListBroker_ID),
CONVERT(varchar(11), ListDate),
CONVERT(Varchar(1000), Listing_Office_Remarks),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), ListPrice),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Lot),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Map),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Num_Images),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), Office_Phone),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Original_ListPrice),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Owner),
CONVERT(datetime, Pending_Date, 101),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), PhotoName),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), PropSubType),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Prop_Type),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Quad),
CONVERT(Varchar(1000), Remarks),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), State),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Status),
CONVERT(Varchar(4), StreetDir),
CONVERT(Varchar(15), StreetNum),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), StreetName),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Township),
CONVERT(Varchar(6), UnitNumber),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), ZipCode )
FROM Imported_Closed_Property_From_MLS
SET @Prop_ID = @@Identity
/*Property Res Table */
INSERT INTO Prop_Res_Detail(Prop_ID,
Addition,
Appliances,
Basement_Area,
BasementDesc,
Builder,
Construction,
Cool,
Dining,
District_School,
Energy,
Exterior_Features,
Fence,
Floors,
Foundation,
FP,
FP_Type,
Garage_Attach_Detach,
Garage_Cap,
Handicap,
Heat,
HOA,
HOA_Fee,
HOA_Inc,
HOA_Period,
Inlaw_Plan,
Interior_Features,
Livestock,
Lot_Desc,
Mechanical,
NumLivingArea,
Num_Baths,
Num_Beds,
Num_Levels,
Other_Info,
OvenDesc,
Owner,
Parking,
Patio,
Patio_Dim,
Perc_Basement_Com,
Pool,
Pool_Type,
Prop_Faces,
Range,
RangeDesc,
Remodeled,
Rental,
RentalAmount,
Roof_Type,
Roof_Year,
RoomOther,
Sect,
SQFT,
SQFTSource,
Style,
Tax_Amount,
Tot_Rooms,
UtilityAvailable,
WindowType,
Year_Built)
SELECT @Prop_ID,
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Addition),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Appliances),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), Basement_Area),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), BasementDesc),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Builder),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Construction),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Cool),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Dining),
CONVERT(Varchar(60), District_School),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Energy),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Exterior_Features),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), Fence),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Floors),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), Foundation),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), FP),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), FP_Type),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Garage_Attach_Detach),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), Garage_Cap),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Handicap),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Heat),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), HOA),
CONVERT(Varchar(30), HOA_Fee),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), HOA_Inc),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), HOA_Period),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Inlaw_Plan),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Interior_Features),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), Livestock),
CONVERT(Varchar(400), Lot_Desc),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Mechanical),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), NumLivingArea),
CONVERT(Varchar(5), Num_Baths),
CONVERT(Varchar(5), Num_Beds),
CONVERT(Varchar(30), Num_Levels),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Other_Info),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), OvenDesc),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Owner),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Parking),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), Patio),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Patio_Dim),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), Perc_Basement_Com),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Pool),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Pool_Type),
CONVERT(Varchar(40), Prop_Faces),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Range),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), RangeDesc),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Remodeled),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Rental),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), RentalAmount),
CONVERT(Varchar(20), Roof_Type),
CONVERT(Varchar(5), Roof_year),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), RoomOther),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Sect),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), SQFT),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), SQFTSource),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), Style),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Tax_Amount),
CONVERT(Varchar(5), Tot_Rooms),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), UtilityAvailable),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), WindowType),
CONVERT(Varchar(5), Year_Built)
FROM Imported_Closed_Property_From_MLS
/*Sold Info Table */
INSERT INTO Sold_Info(Prop_ID,
Buy_Pts,
Closed_Date,
Closed_Price,
Closed_Price_SQFT,
COOP_Sales,
Days_On_Market,
InterestRate,
Lender,
LoanAmount,
LoanTerms,
Loan_Years,
Origination_Fee,
Owner,
SellerConcessions,
LoanType,
Sold_Remarks)
SELECT @Prop_ID,
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Buy_Pts),
CONVERT(datetime, Closed_Date, 101),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Closed_Price),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Closed_Price_SQFT),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), COOP_Sales),
CONVERT(Varchar(5), DOM),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), InterestRate),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Lender),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), LoanAmount),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), LoanTerms),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Loan_Years),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), Origination_Fee),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Owner),
CONVERT(Varchar(100), SellerConcessions),
CONVERT(Varchar(25), LoanType),
CONVERT(Varchar(1000), Sold_Remarks)
FROM Imported_Closed_Property_From_MLS
/*Remarks Table */
INSERT INTO Remarks(Prop_ID,
App_Date,
App_Remark,
Contract_Date,
Inspection_Type,
Owner,
PendingSalesPrice,
PendingSaleComments)
SELECT @Prop_ID,
CONVERT(datetime, App_Date, 101),
CONVERT(Varchar(1000), App_Remark),
CONVERT(datetime, Contract_Date, 101),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Inspection_Type),
CONVERT(Varchar(50), Owner),
CONVERT(Varchar(10), PendingSalesPrice),
CONVERT(Varchar(1000), PendingSaleComments)
FROM Imported_Closed_Property_From_MLS
GO
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