Comments on: Shrinking a SQL 2005 transaction log file

Comments on: Shrinking a SQL 2005 transaction log file http://gmdavies.co.uk/2008/10/08/shrinking-a-sql-2005-transaction-log-file/ Trying to keep heads above water... Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jason http://gmdavies.co.uk/2008/10/08/shrinking-a-sql-2005-transaction-log-file/#comment-21 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:01:47 +0000 http://gmdblog.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-21 The reason why a log file expands is not because the Max File Size is set to a large number.

A log file expands because transactions are being written to it and then never cleared.

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