Log issues

Hi All,
I have 2 issues with my log files.
1) I have a database where I combine 20 tables from 20
DBs into one very large table. Each table in the 20 DBs
are the same. My procedure uses 20 insert into
statements. For some reason my log file fills and the job
fails. Does anyone know how I can stop the file from
growing like this?
2) I created my Dbs with 400MB trans file. I only use
about 30MB. Is there a way to drop the size down to 50MB
and let it grow from there?
TIA
Joe
1) you can either change the recovery model to simple(if you do not wish to
log the process), however if you are deleting a large number of records in
one transaction(in which case, you will still exceed your configured trans
log size of 400Mb) then you will have to batch these deletes and do them in
smaller/manageable batches.
2) dbcc shrinkfile(<logicalname logfile>,50,turncateonly)
check out BOL for more info.
"JOE" wrote:

> Hi All,
> I have 2 issues with my log files.
> 1) I have a database where I combine 20 tables from 20
> DBs into one very large table. Each table in the 20 DBs
> are the same. My procedure uses 20 insert into
> statements. For some reason my log file fills and the job
> fails. Does anyone know how I can stop the file from
> growing like this?
> 2) I created my Dbs with 400MB trans file. I only use
> about 30MB. Is there a way to drop the size down to 50MB
> and let it grow from there?
> TIA
> Joe
>
|||Thanks for the info.
I will try the simple.
I do not delete but I do Truncate my table before I stert
the inserts. I Truncate because I know it does not hit
the Trans Log.
Joe