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CHECKING the TRANSACTION LOG



Author
16 Nov 2006 5:15 PM
Tom Reis
I am running SLQ 2000 SP4. I used to use the DBCC CHECKTABLE (syslogs) to
check the transaction log on a SQL 6.5 server. This doesn't work on a SQL
2000 Server. Is there a equivalent command or procedure. Thanks.

Author
16 Nov 2006 5:35 PM
Tibor Karaszi
What is it in the transaction log that you want to check?

For 7.0 and 2000, DBCC CHECKDB and CHECKCATALOG covers integrity checks for a database.
For 2005, you don't need CHECKCATALOG.

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"Tom Reis" <reis***@cdnet.cod.edu> wrote in message news:OsLvRLaCHHA.4908@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I am running SLQ 2000 SP4. I used to use the DBCC CHECKTABLE (syslogs) to
> check the transaction log on a SQL 6.5 server. This doesn't work on a SQL
> 2000 Server. Is there a equivalent command or procedure. Thanks.
>
>
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Author
16 Nov 2006 5:43 PM
John Bell
Hi Tom

Because log files are separate physical files this command is redundant. If
you want to look at the space used in the log file try DBCC SQLPERF
(logspace) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa258819(SQL.80).aspx.
For other database consistency checks DBCC CHECKDB,  DBCC CHECKTABLE, DBCC
CHECKALLOC...

John

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"Tom Reis" wrote:

> I am running SLQ 2000 SP4. I used to use the DBCC CHECKTABLE (syslogs) to
> check the transaction log on a SQL 6.5 server. This doesn't work on a SQL
> 2000 Server. Is there a equivalent command or procedure. Thanks.
>
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