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Clearing Transaction Logs

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Clear the transaction Log if you are facing a low disk space
Clear the transaction Log if you are facing a low disk space on the database server.

To truncate log, use the following commands:

SQL
DBCC SHRINKFILE('logfilename', 1)
BACKUP LOG redeoba WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY DBCC SHRINKFILE('logfilename', 1)


where log filename is usually database name, i.e., northwind.log.

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