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I am trying to shrink my database log file. I have tried to run:
USE databasename
BACKUP log databasename
WITH truncate_only
DBCC shrinkfile (databasename_log, 1)
I get the error message:
Msg 155, Level 15, State 1, Line 3
‘truncate_only’ is not a recognized
BACKUP option.
Am I missing something?
SQL Server 2008 no longer allows the
NO_LOG/TRUNCATE_ONLYoptions.To truncate your transaction log, you either have to back it up (for real) or switch the database’s Recovery Model to Simple. The latter is probably what you really want here. You don’t need Full recovery unless you are making regular transaction log backups to be able to restore to some point mid-day.