<idiot> Regarding full transaction logs

  • Long running transaction on a large database, underestimated the required size needed for the log file, hit the drive limit before I could add a second log file. It will now rollback all transactions as if I had cancelled the query, correct?

  • Yes.

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  • And - there are no shortcuts. You will have to wait for it to complete the rollback.

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  • yeah, i figured that part out. i thought i'd caught it and added a second t-log in time, but apparently not...just realized this morning that the number of null columns in a table was going up instead of down...started putting the pieces together. </idiot>

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