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Re: MSSQL Server Transaction Log "Stuck" at 20MB AKA Jelly Fish

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From: Hugo Vaughan
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:00
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I get these on warehouse DB's which see large (+800) Mbyte transactions for
loads.  These usually develop when a load crashes while the "bulk copy"
option is set.  My solution is to transfer the objects of the database to a
new patch, kill the database, rebuild it and refill it.  A simple dump and
restore recreates the jelly fish.  The DBCC does not work, or at least it
claims not to work, on databases larger than 400 Mbytes.

I think the bulk copy option disables the setting of the open transaction
flag in some misterious way.

Glenn R. Kurban <gkurban@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<MPG.f9ef4a1f267a17989680@news.earthlink.net>...
> This is probably a fairly common problem since it has happened to me 
> before resulting in my having to restore a whole database (testing 
> database, luckily); however, I have never received a solution for it.
> 
> The transaction log in one of my development databases ran out of log 
> space completely (zero, zilch, nada...)  Upon truncating the log with 
> 'no_log,' I was left with only 20MB of a 148MB log for me to work with.  
> Nothing I try will free-up the rest of my transaction log. DBCC opentran 
> shows NO open transactions...I dont know what to do.  Please, any help 
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Glenn K. 
> 
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From: "Hugo Vaughan" <vaughanh@syfrets.co.za>
Subject: Re: MSSQL Server Transaction Log "Stuck" at 20MB AKA Jelly Fish
Date: 1998/04/16
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