Re: begin and end transaction and transaction log

Hi Erlang,
This is part of a large OLAP process that runs many times a day. I do
not want to / need to restore to a particular time. I have a dba that
does full backups on a regular basis. I would agree with you to a
certain extent if this were OLTP but it is not.

Thanks.

On Dec 12, 2:18 pm, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kruton (wmlye...@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
This is more of an architectural question about SQL Server. Can
someone please explain why when I perform a query such as the one
below that updates a table using begin and end transaction I am unable
to programmatically truncate the transaction log. The only way I have
found to truncate the transaction log is to stop and start the SQL
Server Service. Does this transaction use the tempdb? Is that why I
am unable to truncate the transaction log? Is there a better way to
do this?

Begin trans T1

Update sometable
Set random_row = 'blah'

End trans T1

Why would you truncate the transaction log in the first place?

If you run with full recovery and want to be table to restore to a point
in time, the you should backup your transaction log regularly.

If you don't care about the point-in-time restores but are content with
restoring from a full backup in case of a failure, you should set the
database in simple recovery.

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