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Transaction Log bloating Pt. 2

Just read about another cause of SQL Server 2005 Transaction Log bloating to add to my previous list.

Suspending a DB Mirroring session will prevent the primary DB from truncating its log file after a checkpoint as the log entries will be queued to be sent to the mirror DB. When the mirroring session is resumed [...]

Transaction Log bloating

A little while ago one of my work colleges asked me why a transaction log could suddenly grow in size on SQL Server 2005 . I went with the stock standard “long running transaction” answer; then a few days latter read about another reason. And have just read about another one.

So here is my in [...]