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Shrink 2008 MSSQL database

Shrinking SQL 2008 database is nowhere related to SQL 2000/2005 Method. Because SQL Server 2008 no longer allows you to truncate the transaction log using the no_log syntax But here is the special code to shrink the database: USE MASTER GO ALTER DATABASE database_name SET RECOVERY SIMPLE GO USE database_name GO DBCC SHRINKFILE (database_name_log, 1) […]

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