>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>As I am testing conversion from VFP data to SQL Server I am creating and deleting a test database in the SQL Server many, many times a day. Is there anything I should do to "pack" or recover space occupied by the deleted database?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA.
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>>>>SQL Server will eventually reclaim the space. Just don't forget to make a frequent backups and transactional log backups.
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>>>Thank you. What table/file is Transaction Log? I have never done back up of this; I only backup individual databases.
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>>Each database has the database file (usually with extension of mdf) and the log file (usually same name with the ldf extension).
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>>You need to make backups of both database and log file. Please read
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>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186865.aspx
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>>and pay attention to BACKUP LOG command.
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>Thank you. I will.

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