Rebuild the log File

1. From a query window, set the status so that you can update the system tables by running the following query:

use Master

go

sp_configure " allow updates", 1

go

reconfigure with override

go

2. Then set the status of the DB that is giving you the problem (XXXXX) into

Emergency Mode by running the following query:

update sysdatabases set status = 32768 where name = ''

go

checkpoint

go

shutdown with nowait

go

3. Go into the data directory e.g. (MSSQL\DATA) and rename the log file associated the DB in question (XXXX.ldf) to some temporary name, such as XXXX.TMP.

4. Exit the query window.

5. Then start up SQL Server from a DOS command window by issuing:

sqlservr -c -T3608 -T4022.

6. Bring up another query window and verify that the DB is in emergency mode by issuing:

Select Name, Status from Sysdatabases where name = ''

7. Verify that the status is 32768. If it is, then issue the query:

dbcc traceon(3604)

dbcc rebuild_log('','') <--- You will need the quotation

marks

REBUILD_LOG should take less than 5 minutes even on a very large database. It should complete with the message DBCC execution completed

8. Take the database out of bypass recovery mode by issuing the command

update sysdatabases set status = 0 where name = ''

9. Exit the query window and then shutdown (Ctrl-C in the DOS window) and restart SQL server. Verify the status of the database by running DBCC CHECKDB on the database.