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Mar 1, 1999

Hello:

I have gotten the following information from sp_spaceused:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
database_name database_size unallocated space
------------------------------ ------------------ ------------------
EP_tran2 700.00 MB 273.21 MB

reserved data index_size unused
------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------
437034 KB 295106 KB 1447796 KB -1305868 KB
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I unfortunately since this is for a test database that I have put the data and log on the same device.

My questions are:

1) Why do I have negative numbers?

2) Should I be concerned about this?

3) for a live database can I drop the log and put the log on another device? What do I need to do?

4) has anybody seen this before?

5)what can I use to get accurate numbers?

THanks. Any information will be greatly appreciated.

DAvid Spaisman

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