Comments on: Stop Shrinking Your Database Files. Seriously. Now.

By: Brent Ozar

Brent Ozar — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:05:01 +0000

Carter – what’s the problem that happens when you can’t sign in? I’m guessing you’ve got the database in full recovery mode and you’re not doing transaction log backups, so the log file fills up and the database stops. In that case, you’d either want to start doing transaction log backups or put the database in simple mode.

By: Carter Lines

Carter Lines — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:01:09 +0000

I routinely have to shrink my database in order to sign-in to a specific program [i.e. Oracle Primavera P6]. So, I was scouring the internet to find ways to automate this process when I ran across your article. If I don’t shrink my database every two to three days, I literally can’t sign in to the program. Now, I’m very confused.

By: Brent Ozar

Brent Ozar — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:24:53 +0000

I think I’ll save that for April Fool’s.

By: Ignacio Salom

Ignacio Salom — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:52:24 +0000

Brent, when are you going to write the “How to Reduce Your Backup Times with the Truncate Table Command!”. I bet a lot of people will love to read that one